The current mix of 5G devices in India is already at around 40 percent and 5G shipments are expected to grow to 50 percent of overall smartphone shipments by the end of the year.
Sunil Lalvani succeeds Avneesh Agrawal, senior vice-president and president of Qualcomm India and South Asia. Agrawal, who has been granted 159 US patents, is moving on to pursue his entrepreneurial ambitions.
On CNBC-TV18's special show Next Generation Wireless, telcos and industry think tanks share what it means for India to be in the wireless generation.