The 7th edition of India Mobile Congress, IMC 2023, the largest telecom, media and technology forum in Asia, was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday at Bharat Mandapam. This year, the theme of IMC is Global Digital Innovation. The three-day event currently underway, highlights India's rapid advancements in telecom and technology and offers a glimpse into the future which showcases innovation, ideas and use cases in 5G, artificial intelligence and other emerging areas.<br />”<br />”In a discussion on Akashvani’s Spotlight program, Ramakrishna P, CEO of India Mobile Congress said that the event explores the potential of 5G technology for various sectors such as education, agriculture, healthcare, transportation and power, and how it can be tailored to India's specific needs and global requirements. It also covers topics related to the semiconductor industry, green technology and cyber security. The event also plays a crucial role in preparing India's academic and startup ecosystem for the upcoming 6G era, and developing indigenous telecom technology for national security.<br />”<br />”This year, IMC is introducing a startup program-&nbsp; ‘Aspire’. It will foster connections between startups, investors, and established businesses with an aim to catalyze fresh entrepreneurial initiatives and collaborations.<br />”<br />”Ramakrishna P, CEO of IMC said, Telcos<b>&nbsp;</b>are moving from a bare voice and data pipes to more on enabling services for their customers in a very different pattern with solutions, use cases and so on. This has changed the way operators have to scale or transform themselves into using various technologies. That is one side of it we are seeing here. So a lot of OEMs are discussing it. The second biggest, I think the best of the show was to use cases on the 6G, one by Erricson and one by Nokia. Even though it's not a true spirit of 6G use cases, the way it is a perception of how the 6G will develop, what is required to develop or what is the concept behind the whole standards which are being set now. <br />”<br />”The third element that I see is generating AI and AI-based solutions. Big time implemented all across all platforms, not only telcos, all the platforms across the social environments. I think AI is a big way. We will see a lot of solution trends upcoming in AI. That's the third biggest element on the showcase. The fourth I say, is the use cases itself for 5G. I presume there are more than 1,000 plus different use cases on display of 5G here on IMC. It's one single platform where the 5G use case is demonstrated in a big way and there are a lot of things for the end users to take away and see how it could be implemented in their solution or a problem resolving solution. I think this is what we say. These are the four big elements of IMC this year.<br />”<br />”<span style="color: #222222;">Listen to Full discussion on:&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UQRAAfGuZ4&t=112s" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v8UQRAAfGuZ4t112s&source=gmail&ust=1698757576934000&usg=AOvVaw3NYkIUfbyXwRUoB02egKTt">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UQRAAfGuZ4&amp;t=112s</a><br />