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New Delhi : India Mobile Congress(IMC) 2018, an event which provided a peep into the exciting future in the rapidly evolving area of digital communications, concluded on October 27, 2018, with participants and organisers promising to be back next year. This year’s event with its’ theme of “New Digital Horizons – Connect. Create. Innovate.”, established the IMC as a regular platform for global and local stakeholders in the sector to collaborate in the cause of exploring opportunities and leveraging possibilities with specific focus on South and South-East Asia.

Addressing the mediapersons on the last day of IMC 2018, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Communications Manoj Sinha said, “Having participated in the World Mobile Congress in Barcelona earlier this year, I can assure you that IMC 2018 was no less – in terms of substance, scale, and style. The IMC is just a two-year old baby and it has already acquired a personality of its’ own. It will now be an important annual event on everyone’s calendar.” The mega 3-day event was inaugurated on October 25 by Manoj Sinha. Also gracing the inaugural function were captains of the telecom industry Mukesh Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Industries, Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman, Aditya Birla Group, Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman, Bharti Enterprises.

The IMC 2018 conference and exhibition was held over a total area of more than 50,000 square-metres with more than 5,000 delegates in attendance. Delegations from 20 countries participated in the event, which saw more than 300 companies showcasing their latest and best technologies, products, services, and applications. According to the organisers, more than 50,000 curious visitors attended the various sessions and viewed the futuristic solutions on display at the exhibition stalls.

Among the companies whose participation contributed to the success of IMC 2018 were global and local giants such as Samsung, Intel, Ericsson, Nokia, Cisco, NEC, Accenture, KPMG, E&Y, Facebook, Huawei, Sterlite, Vodafone Idea, Reliance Jio, Airtel, and BSNL. Several exhibition stalls set up by these companies attracted crowds of interested visitors while leaders from the companies enriched the discourse through their participation in the various plenary sessions.

The exhibition stalls covered a variety of interesting possibilities hinged around 5G, Internet of Things, Augmented and Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Smart City Solutions, Fintech, Health-Tech, Autonomous Cars, and Cyber Security, amongst others, according to a PIB release. An interesting feature of this edition of the IMC was the focused attention on the critical Start-ups ecosystem. More than 200 start-ups marked their presence at the event with their booths displaying ideas and innovations .

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