Mukesh Ambani, Sunil Bharti Mittal At India Mobile Congress: Highlights

New Delhi: Reliance Jio Chairman Mukesh Ambani is sharing the stage with other telecom czars Sunil Bharti Mittal of Airtel and Kumar Mangalam Birla of Idea Cellular at the India Mobile Congress. The three-day event, which starts today, Vodafone Chief Vittorio Colao will not be present in person, but will join other telecom leaders for the inaugural session through video link. Mr Ambani delivered the opening speech and Mr Mittal is one of the speakers. Reliance Jio, which entered the telecom market about a
year ago, has been at loggerheads with older telecom players -- Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular and Vodafone -- over multiple issues which have led to various litigations in the court.


Here are the highlights of Mukesh Ambani's opening address:

IMC will soon become a global phenomenon
India risen from 15th position to become world's largest Internet data consumer
Indian telecom and IT industry need to create digital infrastructure
Mobile internet and cloud computing are foundation of 4th industrial revolution
Need to empower 1.3 bn people
Ubiquitous access to high speed data
Everyone must have a smartphone
4G coverage will become larger than 2G all across India
3 must do tasks:
We must explore and implement innovative ideas for self-employment
must foster confidence in society in tech like artificial intelligence