India Mobile Congress 2026 to focus on factory automation and digital manufacturing

India Mobile Congress is adding Industrial Automation as a new focus area for its upcoming tenth edition. Asia's largest digital technology forum is highlighting how robotics and connectivity are changing manufacturing across the country.

Key Details

Factories are moving away from single machines toward connected operations using private networks, edge infrastructure, and five-G technology. The event runs under the theme Scale Without Boundaries. Automated robots are also changing warehouse work and inventory tracking.

Event Info

The tenth edition takes place from October seven to ten at the Yashobhoomi Convention Centre in New Delhi. The Department of Telecommunications and the Cellular Operators Association of India are organizing the event. Organizers expect over one point five lakh visitors from more than one hundred countries, with three hundred exhibitors and one thousand five hundred tech uses on display.

Context

Digital events like this bring together telecom providers, chip makers, and factory leaders to build future networks. Cybersecurity remains a vital part of this growth as more industrial systems connect online.