Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened the seventh edition of the India Mobile Congress at Bharat Mandapam in Delhi today. Addressing the mega event, PM Modi said that the future is ‘here and now’. Launching 100 5G labs for educational institutes, PM Modi said that India’s telecom sector will also play a crucial role in 6G space as well. He said that the mega event is taking place in times of rapidly changing world of 21st century. He further said that it has the ability to change the future of people.

Lauding the prowess of India’s telecom sector, PM said that the country is bettered its global mobile broadband speed rankings. As opposed to rank of 118, India has now jumped to 43rd spot, PM Modi said. He also hailed the ‘fastest 5G mobile telephony roll-out’. “Over 4 lakh 5G base stations have been set up within one year,” he said.

Top telecom tycoons also attended the opening ceremony. Bharti Enterprises Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal said that Bharti Airtel will begin providing satellite broadband services in the country from next month. talking about the future plans, Mittal also said that Airtel’s 5G network will cover the entire nation by March next year.