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India Mobile Congress 2019 Day 1 Highlights: 5G, IoT, and Smart Cities were the most hottest topics

20:50 (IST)

And that's a wrap from the first day of India Mobile Congress 2019

19:14 (IST)

Live discussion on Smart Cities ecosystems is underway at IMC 2019

18:20 (IST)

5G demonstration by Ericsson

To demonstrate the capability of 5G technology, Ericsson hosted the Connected Music showcase where bands played from different locations at the concert.

17:51 (IST)

Qualcomm India Senior Director Ramesh Rao has joined the 5G conversation

16:50 (IST)

Ericsson claims to have deployed 5G networks in 19 countries across four continents

16:30 (IST)

The panel discussion of '5G, AI and IoT - the trifecta for intelligent connectivity' is currently underway

15:56 (IST)

Facebook's Dan Rabinovitsj says "India will have to adopt innovative ways to get the fiber up quickly". 

15:25 (IST)

Airtel India says it is crucial to build an affordable infrastructure for successful adoption of 5G connectivity.

14:57 (IST)

Honor Vision Smart TV

Here's how the pop-up camera on the Honor Vision Smart TV looks like.

14:39 (IST)

Honor India unveils Vision Smart TV at IMC 2019

14:28 (IST)

IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad's full speech at IMC 2019

 

14:18 (IST)

Honor India is also at IMC 2019 today and it will be unveiling the Honor Vision Smart TV. 

13:15 (IST)

Mahendra Nahata, Director on Board of Reliance Jio says India is poised to become a $5 trillion economy by 2024.

13:09 (IST)

ZTE India demonstrates 5G with the help of robots. 

The low-latency of connectivity allows the robots to imitate the human almost in real-time. 

12:54 (IST)

A musical demonstration of 5G connectivity by Ericsson India:

12:53 (IST)

'Hope to be a part of the next level of India's 5G journey': Huawei CEO

12:50 (IST)

Huawei goes beyond 5G at IMC 2019; talks about 5G + AI

12:49 (IST)

Huawei CEO Jay Chen takes the stage. 

Chen says 5G adoption is currently faster than expected. He says there are already 40 5G networks that are commercial and of these 28 are powered by Huawei.

12:29 (IST)

IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad concludes the inauguration of the India Mobile Congress 2019:

12:22 (IST)

From 2 in 2014, India now has 268 mobile manufacturing companies, says RS Prasad

12:16 (IST)

India should become a big centre for data analytic data cleaning and data refining: Ravi Shankar Prasad


 

12:12 (IST)

Have given 5G trial permissions to some companies in India, says RS Prasad

12:10 (IST)

Digital payments increased to 3.32 billion transactions in July 2019: RS Prasad

12:01 (IST)

150,000 villages in rural India now connected through Bharat net, says RS Prasad

11:55 (IST)

IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has been recognised as the 100 most influential people in digital governance by a leading UK based NGO apolitical.

11:46 (IST)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the audience at IMC 2019 via a webcast

11:42 (IST)

IoT, AR, VR to transform India's business landscape, says Aditya Birla Group head

11:37 (IST)

"We seek the enabling of regulatory environment to ensure that we have the wherewithal to achieve this" - Kumar Mangalam Birla 

11:30 (IST)

Vodafone India's chief Kumar Mangalam Birla says we seek an "enabling environment".

11:24 (IST)

RedHat CEO talks about the importance of Open Source at IMC 2019

11:17 (IST)

 Innovations will improve human condition to make the world a better place - RedHat CEO

11:10 (IST)

Anshu Prakash says 100,000 people expected to attend, 500 companies are participating

"Total footfall expected is 100,000 today and tomorrow, total number of companies participating are 500, it was 200 last year, 250 startups are participating. 110 foreign buyers” says Anshu Prakash, Secretary, DoT India. 

11:02 (IST)

Ericsson India has set up a live 5G network at IMC 2019, says Nunzio Mirtillo Head of South East Asia Oceania & India. 

10:57 (IST)

IMC 2019 is the largest telecom event in South Asia: DoT secretary

10:54 (IST)

Department of Telecom secretary Anshu Prakash speaks at the event

10:50 (IST)

Reliance Jio Chairman Mukesh Ambani and Airtel's chief Sunil Bharti Mittal absent at the event

Kumar Mangalam Birla saves the day for the telecom industry.

10:48 (IST)

The IMC 2018 keynote has begun.

Ericsson's Nunzio Mirtillo shares company's vision of a 5G world.

10:42 (IST)

Huawei CEO Chen comments on the company's participation at IMC 2019:

“Now as Indian industries start to explore 5G, we bring some of our globally proven use cases for demo at IMC. Our vision is aligned with the Government of India to bring digital to every person, home and organisation for a fully connected, intelligent world.”

10:40 (IST)

TRAI Chairman RS Sharma meets Huawei CEO Jay Chen at IMC 2019

10:30 (IST)

IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has arrived at IMC 2019 and will be inaugurating the event today

10:22 (IST)

Airtel India will be demonstrating Connected Mobility at IMC

10:21 (IST)

Ericsson will be hosting some music artists today at IMC to demonstrate 5G

10:15 (IST)

Qualcomm's also further its push towards 5G, wearables, automotive industry at MWC 2019

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10:08 (IST)

Reliance Jio will also demo what entertainment will be like with 5G on our devices

10:07 (IST)

Nokia has demoed gaming with 5G. 

10:04 (IST)

There are demos on 5G and its use case by Ericsson, Nokia and Qualcomm

10:01 (IST)

The India Mobile Congress kicks off today

This year, the event is expected to dominated by the upcoming 5G play and spectrum auction. 

India is ready to host the biggest telecom event of the year — India Mobile Congress (IMC) — starting today. The two-day event will be concluded on the 16 October, and like last year, the highlight of the event is expected to be 5G, its use case scenarios, maybe a little something on when to expect its rollout in the country.

IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad will be inaugurating the event at 10.00 am today, with the likes of Chairman and founder of Bharti Enterprises Sunil Bharti Mittal and Reliance Jio chairman Mukesh Ambani joining the keynote.

India Mobile Congress. Image: tech2

India Mobile Congress. Image: tech2

In the afternoon today, for the segment called Leaders for the Next Generation the likes of Isha and Akash Ambani from Reliance Jio, Kavin Mittal from Hike Messenger, Manu Kumar Jain from Xiaomi and Vijay Shekhar Sharma from Paytm were scheduled to participate, however, according to a report by the Hindu Business Line, many have refused to attend the event. Apparently only Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Rishad Premji from Wipro and Manu Kumar Jain have confirmed their attendance.

Further, ISRO chief K Sivan is also expected to be at the IMC 2019. He will apparently be making some ‘special announcement’ at the inaugural session today.

The event will also see various demonstration of future technology, and what it can be with the help of 5G adoption in India. There will be demo stalls by companies like Ericsson, Honor, Huawei, Wipro, Vodafone, Airtel, Reliance Jio, among others.

Below are a few keynotes to look forward to:

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