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Jyotiraditya Scindia inaugurates Theme for India Mobile Congress 2025
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New Delhi, May 26, 2025 (ANI): Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia inaugurates Theme for India Mobile Congress 2025
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Dice with me, Secretary Telecom, Dr. Neeraj Mittalji, Additional Secretary in the Department
00:10
of Telecom, Gulzar Natarajanji, Chairman, CEO AI, Abhijit Kishore Sahib, CEO IMC, Ramakrishna
00:22
Sahib, my colleagues from the ministry and from industry present here today, members
00:34
of the IMC fraternity and my friends from the media.
00:47
What a wonderful occasion that we meet close to about 12 months down the road from convening
00:57
IMC 2024.
01:05
And as Abhijit said, we are now into the ninth edition of this conference.
01:17
And the aim is that as India gains her rightful place in the polity of nations, conferences
01:32
such as this bring about a great deal of exposure for industries domestically.
01:52
For our manufacturers globally.
01:58
For our investment community across the world.
02:06
To see the capability.
02:11
That our country has garnered.
02:15
Over the last decade.
02:20
And how India today is leading.
02:26
The revolution in the telecommunication space across the world.
02:36
Now as I stand before you here today.
02:43
I cannot but help.
02:44
Go back in time.
02:54
And look back as an Indian.
03:00
With a great sense of pride.
03:07
To the fact that India has never waited for the future to arrive.
03:16
She has always shaped it.
03:21
And if you go back in time.
03:27
Right from the days of Nalanda and Takshila.
03:36
Where global curriculum and global pedagogy.
03:43
Was introduced from Bharat Mata soil.
03:50
Where scholars across the world used to congregate at this Mecca of knowledge.
04:03
To the unshakable quill of Arya Bhatta's feather.
04:14
That came up.
04:16
With the ingenious concept of zero.
04:23
To medical systems solutions and surgeries.
04:30
That were always pioneered in India.
04:37
To the mapping of the stars.
04:42
That was done by India's astronomers.
04:45
While the rest of the world would only gaze at the sky.
04:51
Our country and our nation and our soil.
04:58
Has always built the scientific temper of the world.
05:07
And therefore today.
05:11
When we look.
05:14
At the giant leaps that we have taken over the last decade.
05:22
Whether it was the innovation of.
05:26
Two vaccines during the period of COVID.
05:31
And through vaccine matri exporting it to 40 countries across the world.
05:40
Or whether it is.
05:44
Our space missions.
05:47
Vikram Lander and others.
05:50
At a fraction of international costs.
05:54
For indeed.
05:58
What all of you in this room have achieved.
06:03
One of the most robust telecommunication networks and systems.
06:11
Across the world.
06:13
Cutting edge.
06:15
Data oriented.
06:17
Service oriented.
06:18
Service oriented.
06:22
India today ladies and gentlemen.
06:24
Is continuing on the path.
06:27
That she forged.
06:30
Not a decade ago.
06:32
Not a hundred years ago.
06:34
But over a thousand years ago.
06:36
A thought leader.
06:38
A science leader.
06:40
And a social leader.
06:42
To create an equitable world.
06:45
From the north to the south pole.
06:51
And whilst we live in this environment.
06:56
The concept of our theme launched this year.
06:59
Innovate to transform.
07:01
As secretary sahab said.
07:06
Is the very basis.
07:11
Of the prime minister's concept.
07:16
Of a vixit bharat by 2047.
07:22
A vixit bharat by 2047.
07:25
Which is rooted in atmanirvarta.
07:28
Of a vixit bharat by 2047.
07:33
Which is fueled by entrepreneurship.
07:39
And which is driven.
07:42
By a fervor of inclusive growth.
07:47
And in that environment.
07:51
The transformation that India.
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Is going through today.
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Is systemic.
08:00
Is structural.
08:03
Is systemic.
08:04
Is structural.
08:06
But most importantly.
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Is indigenous.
08:11
And therefore the topic today.
08:13
Of our theme.
08:16
Innovate to transform.
08:19
Outlines.
08:20
Underlines.
08:21
Enunciates.
08:25
The concept.
08:27
That in this journey.
08:28
Of transformation.
08:32
Innovation.
08:34
Will always be.
08:35
The core.
08:37
Of India's compass.
08:41
Now we have come a long way.
08:43
From an environment where penetration levels were very low.
08:55
Where consumption of data was sporadic.
09:00
Intermittent.
09:01
Vapor-like.
09:04
Vapor-like.
09:08
Where infrastructure and equipment.
09:13
Was hard to come by.
09:18
From that environment we have grown today.
09:22
Multifold.
09:23
From being a consumer of 61 MB of data.
09:30
Today 21 GB of data per person.
09:33
Probably the highest.
09:35
In close to the highest in the world.
09:39
From being an importer of handsets.
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And a domestic producer.
09:43
Of only 50 million handsets.
09:47
To being the second largest producer.
09:49
Of mobile handsets.
09:51
At 330 million.
09:53
From being a follower of technology.
10:02
To leapfrogging technology.
10:05
And not only leapfrogging technology.
10:06
But inventing technology.
10:09
And today 5G in our country.
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Has.
10:12
Thanks to.
10:13
A lot of you seated in this room.
10:15
Has a penetration.
10:16
And a spread level.
10:17
Of close to 99% of our districts.
10:20
82% of our population.
10:22
The fastest 5G rollout in the world.
10:31
It is that capability that we as Indians have shown the world.
10:35
And therefore in this environment.
10:44
Where not only are we making this product and this service ubiquitous.
10:49
But we are also ensuring the safety of our customers.
10:55
Our private sector companies coming out with their coverages.
11:02
To protect our customers from online fraud.
11:06
From spam.
11:09
From spam.
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DOT's Sanchar Saathi portal.
11:15
Which is acts like a shield.
11:18
Which by itself has disconnected almost close to 3.4 crore fake mobile connections.
11:26
Our job is to be a provider of services.
11:31
But our job is also to protect.
11:35
Every citizen.
11:37
As we transcend.
11:39
From the physical highway of roads.
11:43
To the informational and telecommunications digital highway.
11:49
Which today has become all pervasive across the length and breadth of our country.
11:57
And therefore today.
12:00
It gives me great pleasure to inaugurate.
12:05
Our concept of Sanchar Saathi.
12:07
In the first phase we rolled it out.
12:15
Across 280 institutions.
12:22
A thought that symbolizes India's leadership.
12:26
Across 40s.
12:30
Democracy, demography.
12:34
Digitization and delivery.
12:37
And the success of our pilot.
12:43
Today has given us the confidence to roll this out on a nationwide basis.
12:49
Where each one of our partners.
12:54
Young men and young ladies.
12:58
Will take upon themselves the responsibility.
13:02
Of educating, informing, safeguarding.
13:08
The interests of every single customer.
13:12
Across the length and breadth of our system.
13:18
As the prime minister has always said.
13:20
This is a whole of government approach.
13:22
This is a whole of our ecosystem approach.
13:28
This is a whole of our ecosystem approach.
13:31
And this ladies and gentlemen.
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Is a whole of nation approach.
13:36
A whole of nation approach.
13:38
To safeguard the security.
13:41
Digital security.
13:42
Of every single one of our citizens.
13:45
And while we talk about opportunities such as this.
13:59
Innovation has to be at the core.
14:01
The core of our existence.
14:09
It's as if you're running on a constant treadmill.
14:12
If you look at economic curves on a graph.
14:20
Not looking at inflection points.
14:22
Or changing the slope of a graph.
14:23
But actually shifting the graph upwards.
14:26
And that innovative capability today.
14:31
Is there in India.
14:35
And let me give you an example of that.
14:38
Last year.
14:43
At the.
14:46
Combined IMC.
14:48
2024.
14:49
And WTSA.
14:50
That we were fortunate enough to host.
14:52
And let me add.
14:56
Thanks to all of you.
14:57
And all of your efforts.
15:00
When we worked as a whole of ecosystem approach.
15:05
Not only was it the first time.
15:07
That a WTSA was held.
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In Asia.
15:15
But it was the highest.
15:17
Attended WTSA.
15:19
In the history of the ITU.
15:22
We had delegates.
15:27
From 163 countries.
15:33
Ministry representatives.
15:34
From 150 countries.
15:38
Almost 3,500 delegates.
15:43
And I recall.
15:45
At that WTSA.
15:46
When I met Rocky.
15:50
A robotic dog.
15:52
That would keep humans out of harm's way.
16:00
And do all the difficult and dangerous tasks.
16:03
That humans do.
16:03
Well guess what.
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A couple of months later.
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When the disastrous earthquake happened.
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In Myanmar.
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Bharat ki sena.
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The Indian army.
16:28
Deployed our Sanjay.
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A mule.
16:35
A multi-utility.
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Leged equipment.
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That went in to save lives in operation Brahma in Myanmar.
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A fully indigenous product.
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From scratch.
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And so whether it is Sanjay.
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Or whether it is our own domestic 4G stack.
17:05
We are only four countries in the world that produce telco equipment.
17:12
Five companies.
17:13
Four countries.
17:15
And the prime minister made it his resolve.
17:18
That if BSNL is to graduate from 3G to 4G.
17:22
It must be done on Atman Nirbhar equipment.
17:25
And so what has never been done before.
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Beyond the realm of possibility.
17:37
Where you have CDOT.
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A government company.
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BSNL.
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A government company.
17:45
Tejas.
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A private sector company.
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And in Indian SI.
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In the form of system integrator.
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In the form of TCS.
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All four come together.
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And in a period of 22 months.
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Produce the first.
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Domestic 4G stack.
18:05
After eons.
18:07
For the world.
18:08
And India becomes the fifth country in the world.
18:10
To produce its own telco stack.
18:16
We are now rolling it out.
18:17
I took a review today.
18:19
We are at 93,450 towers.
18:24
That have been installed.
18:26
Still have a long way to go.
18:30
But we are on track.
18:35
And that capability today is enshrined amongst all of us here.
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And this theme today.
18:44
Innovate to transform.
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Will give us that capability.
18:52
Not only to provide services in India.
18:55
But to ensure that production is also comes from India.
18:59
To ensure that India becomes a hub for designing.
19:05
So you have designing in India.
19:07
You have solving in India.
19:09
And you have scaling from India.
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DSS.
19:17
Design, solve and scale.
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That has to be our chemical formula.
19:23
Ladies and gentlemen.
19:24
In the days to come.
19:25
In the days to come.
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I am very confident.
19:32
When I talk about the fact.
19:34
As Secretary said.
19:35
That we.
19:37
Followed the world on 4G.
19:39
We marched with the world on 5G.
19:40
We lead the world in 6G.
19:42
We are among the top six countries today.
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That is filing for 6G patents.
19:49
As we speak.
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Our Bharat 6G alliance is doing a human's job.
19:56
Private sector.
19:56
Public sector.
19:57
Entrepreneurs.
19:58
Across the board.
19:59
And I am very confident.
20:04
That when the world radio.
20:07
Radio communications conference is held in 2027.
20:10
When they decide.
20:11
Which waves.
20:13
Will go in for 6G.
20:15
It is from now till then.
20:19
That our entrepreneurs.
20:21
Our companies.
20:22
Our innovators.
20:23
Across the board.
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Must aspire.
20:27
To ensure that.
20:29
India leads.
20:30
That technology wave.
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In the days to come.
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The topic today.
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And the theme today.
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Innovate to transform.
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Takes off from.
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Our theme last year.
20:51
And to remind you all.
20:53
Our theme last year.
20:54
Is the future is now.
20:57
And if that is the umbrella.
20:58
The umbrella theme of last year.
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Innovate to transform.
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That was the what.
21:05
The future is now.
21:07
This year's theme.
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Is the how.
21:11
Innovate to transform.
21:14
And I am very confident.
21:16
That as Steve Jobs says.
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And I quote.
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He said that.
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It is innovation.
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That distinguishes.
21:28
A leader.
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From a follower.
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Unquote.
21:34
And I am very confident.
21:37
That my fraternity.
21:39
Seated in this room.
21:40
The millions.
21:41
The millions.
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Outside this room.
21:45
That will congregate.
21:47
At IMC 2025.
21:51
Believe.
21:52
In not only.
21:54
Imagined in India.
21:56
But believe.
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In engineered in India.
22:00
And believe.
22:02
In the concept of.
22:04
Powered.
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By India.
22:05
Today is a hallmark day.
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Where all of us together.
22:15
Must lead that charge.
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And whilst we lead that charge.
22:22
I have seen.
22:26
IMC evolve over the years.
22:29
And it must be our goal.
22:33
That IMC must become.
22:37
The centripetal force.
22:41
Of all expositions.
22:44
Across the world.
22:46
Based.
22:47
From India.
22:48
Out of India.
22:49
For the world.
22:52
Today is also a day.
22:55
Where we have awarded.
22:57
Many of our innovators.
22:59
Many of our entrepreneurs.
23:02
That have contributed tremendously.
23:06
To India being able to achieve.
23:09
Her status today.
23:11
They have been conferred.
23:14
The Pandit Deendayal.
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Telecom excellence awards this year.
23:18
And my heartiest congratulations.
23:21
To all of them.
23:23
Because I believe.
23:25
That technology.
23:25
Must always be a bridge.
23:28
And not a barrier.
23:30
And the awardees today.
23:33
In their own individual right.
23:36
Have been bridges.
23:37
Across these spans.
23:40
For billions of Indians.
23:41
Across the length and breadth.
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Of our country.
23:43
My heartiest congratulations.
23:46
To all the awardees.
23:48
And my best wishes.
23:49
To all of you.
23:50
Let's make it a success.
23:52
IMC 2025.
23:54
Here we come.
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