India, April 29 -- The Centre is reportedly turning to startups and academic institutions to provide intellectual property rights (IPRs) in the telecommunications sector, especially next-generation technologies like quantum communications, artificial intelligence and machine learning.

In line with its plans to create IPRs and build locally designed products, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is also pushing global firms like Nokia, Ericsson, Cisco and Qualcomm to work with academic institutions in India on new technologies.

The government is eyeing a 3% share each in the global telecom IPRs in next-gen essential patents and the global telecom equipment market by 2027, ET reported, citing DoT officials familiar with the matter....