India Mobile Congress 2026 to Open at Yashobhoomi

India's push from telecom consumer to indigenous technology exporter takes center stage this week as Yashobhoomi in Dwarka hosts the tenth edition of the India Mobile Congress. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the four-day gathering on October 8, anchoring an agenda designed to pitch domestic telecom equipment, 6G research, and artificial intelligence network infrastructure to global enterprise buyers.

Union Communications Minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia reviewed final venue operations alongside senior officials from the Department of Telecommunications and the Cellular Operators Association of India. With broadband penetration crossing 1.01 billion subscribers and commercial 5G footprints reaching 85 percent of the domestic population, policy focus is deliberately shifting toward product manufacturing and monetization rather than sheer network expansion.

Organizers expect more than 150,000 attendees, 600 startups, and 300 venture investors, scheduling roughly 700 formal deal-making sessions. High on the policy docket are roundtables addressing semiconductor supply chain security, sovereign AI models for network operations, and commercial deployment paths for India’s proprietary 4G and upcoming 6G telecom stacks.

For enterprise leaders and telecom executives, IMC 2026 serves as an early testbed for post-5G monetization and satcom integration. With international delegations weighing procurement options and regulatory standards, the forum will signal how aggressively New Delhi intends to support indigenous telecom vendors against established global hardware giants.