Overview

• IMC 2025 runs from October 8–11 at Yashobhoomi in New Delhi, jointly organised by the Department of Telecommunications and COAI, with about 150,000 visitors, 7,000 delegates and roughly 400 exhibitors expected.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi said one GB of wireless data in India now costs less than a cup of tea and urged global players to invest, innovate and manufacture in the country.
• Modi announced a Made-in-India 4G stack that he said is ready for export, placing India among a small group of nations with this end-to-end capability.
• India’s 6G drive is a headline track, with the Bharat 6G Alliance central to an International Bharat 6G Symposium convening global experts and industry bodies to discuss standards.
• Program highlights include SATCOM, with three licences already issued, a cybersecurity summit, and the IMC Aspire initiative connecting about 500 startups with roughly 300 venture and finance investors.