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India Mobile Congress 2019 LIVE: 150,000 villages in rural India now connected through Bharat net, says RS Prasad

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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. 

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

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

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Department of Telecom secretary Anshu Prakash speaks at the event

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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.

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The IMC 2018 keynote has begun.

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

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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.”

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

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

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Airtel India will be demonstrating Connected Mobility at IMC

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

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

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

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Nokia has demoed gaming with 5G. 

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

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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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