From village classrooms to Silicon Valley boardrooms, India has kicked off the 6G sprint: 100 5G labs across the country, 111 R&D centers, and an alliance of 10 countries holding one-tenth of all 6G patents by 2030.

Telecom Secretary Neeraj Mittal drops the mic at ESTIC 2025’s digital communications session: “We launched 5G faster than Usain Bolt—now these labs are turning that low-latency magic into drone ambulances, holographic classrooms, and AI surgeons.”

Live from Bharat Mandapam:

– IIT Madras demonstrated 1 Gbps slicing Open RAN for 1,000 devices.

– NIT Surathkal kids coded a 5G tractor that automatically harvests paddy.

– India 6G Alliance signs agreements with EU’s Hexa-X and Korea’s 6G Forum—MoUs signed at the forum.

Rs 276 crore has already been approved for THz testbed, indigenous chips and regulatory sandbox. The NavIC L1 panel promises GPS-free 6G navigation by 2028.

When Nobel physicist Serge Haroche tested a laboratory quantum repeater—zero packet loss at 300 km—the crowd cheered. #India6G trended, 18 lakh tweets; IIT Bombay student’s holographic selfie with Mittal gets 4 million views.

Global Bets: China files 40% of 6G patents; India’s 10% share = 50,000 applications, boost to $500 billion economy.Mittal’s final message: “2030 is not a deadline—it’s a departure.”From Jio’s 5G villages to 6G skies—India is not catching up. We are changing course.