India Mobile Congress turns 10, and the 2026 Edition lands in Delhi this October

Ask most people which network their phone is on and you will get a shrug, or maybe the name of a plan they picked three years ago. Network coverage stopped being interesting to the public roughly around the time it stopped failing. Inside the industry, almost nothing is settled, however.

India Mobile Congress 2026 is scheduled for October 7 to 10 at Yashobhoomi in New Delhi, to answer the unsettling questions within the industry. The Department of Telecommunications runs it alongside COAI (Cellular Operators Association of India), the body that speaks for the operators.