In September, India will organize its first mobile congress with the main focus on reaching out to the South East Asian markets.
COAI Director General Rajan S. Mathews told PTI that “There is (a) Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and an edition in Shanghai. There is nothing in between for South East Asia. India is emerging as one of the global leaders in telecom which we will also showcase in the Indian Mobile Congress.” The DG also said that the the Department of Telecom and the Ministry of Electronics and IT have given their green signal for Indian Mobile Congress and Cellular Operators Association will run it.
They GSM Association, the organizer of an annual global event of Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona has given their accord on it and said it will be held at Pragati Maidan from September 27, 2017.
Mathews also said that he along with Indian government delegation had a discussion with British and Swedish Trade Ministers for their engagement in IMC. He said, “We have held (a) meeting with official representatives of other governments as well.” He added, “We have asked other Indian business association to come together and be part of it. The event will focus on knowledge sharing, exhibition, startups, skill development and all pillars of Digital India including Make in India.”
He also said that all telecom and mobile operators, Facebook, Ericsson, Cisco etc will be participating in the congress.
