Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia leads India’s engagements at Mobile World Congress 2026 in Barcelona

Key facts

• Mobile World Congress 2026 is being held from March 2–5, 2026 at Fira Barcelona Gran Via in Barcelona, Spain.
• Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia delivered the Closing Keynote at the GSMA Ministerial Programme session themed 'Breaking the Cost Barrier'.
• He addressed the MWC Main Stage keynote session titled 'Built for What’s Next'.
• The Bharat Pavilion was inaugurated by the Minister, with 40 Indian companies showcasing telecom solutions.
• India Mobile Congress 2026 was announced to be held from 7th–10th October 2026 in New Delhi.
• Tejas Networks launched the TJ1600-D3 Hyper-scalable DCI Platform engineered in India.
• Shri Scindia met ITU Secretary General Ms Doreen Bogdan-Martin during the visit.
• Bilateral meetings were held with Eutelsat and Viasat to advance connectivity frameworks for India.
• Interactions took place with Bharti Group led by Sunil Bharti Mittal.
• Demonstrations were witnessed at booths of Meta, Rakuten, VVDN Technologies, Ericsson, Nokia, Intel, Cisco and Qualcomm.
• MWC 2026 is organised by GSMA and themed 'The IQ Era'.
• India’s participation is organised by Telecom Equipment and Services Export Promotion Council (TEPC), supported by Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Ministry of Communications, Government of India.