Overview of Mobile World Congress 2026 held in Barcelona, Spain
In March 2026, the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2026, the world’s largest event for the mobile and technology industry, was held from March 2 to 5, 2026 at Fira Barcelona Gran Via, Barcelona, Spain, bringing together global telecom leaders, technology companies and policymakers.
About Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2026:
Theme: The theme of MWC 2026, “The IQ Era”, emphasised the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with advanced connectivity to enable smarter networks, digital innovation and societal transformation.
Organiser: The event was organised by the Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA).
Indian Participation: India’s participation at MWC 2026 was led by Union Minister Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia, Ministry of Communications, who represented India at the GSMA Ministerial Programme and MWC Main Stage discussions.

• India’s telecom innovators participated under the coordination of the Telecom Equipment and Services Export Promotion Council (TEPC) with support from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Ministry of Communications, Government of India (GoI).

Union Minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia launched the TJ1600-D3 Hyper-scalable Data Center Interconnect (DCI) Platform by Bengaluru (Karnataka)-based Tejas Networks Limited at MWC 2026.