Workshop on 5G Use Case Labs at IMC 2026
Ministry of Communications · Science & Tech · Posted 09 OCT 2026 7:05PM
What happened
The Union Minister for Communications inaugurated the Workshop on 5G Use Case Labs at IMC 2026, highlighting achievements from the 100 5G Use Case Labs initiative and awarding winners of the 5G Innovation Hackathon 2026.
Why it matters for UPSC
This initiative illustrates India's strategic push towards indigenous technological development, fostering research and development in 5G and 6G technologies, which is directly relevant to the UPSC syllabus theme of science and technology developments and applications.
Key objectives
- Inaugurate the Workshop on 5G Use Case Labs at the 10th edition of India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2026 to promote indigenous research and industry-academia collaboration.
- Award winners of the 5G Innovation Hackathon (Edition-2) 2026 and distribute certificates to DoT officers for completing a capacity development program on network security.
- Highlight the progress of the 100 5G Use Case Labs initiative established with an outlay of ₹97.67 crore to foster next-gen communication technologies.