India Targets 10% of Global 6G Patents and Standards: Union Minister of State for Communications Dr Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani

Union Minister of State for Communications Dr Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani highlighted India's telecom achievements and outlined future priorities at the CTO Round Table during IMC 2026. He noted India's progress in expanding 5G, 4G saturation projects, indigenous 4G stacks, and notifying rules under the Telecommunications Act, 2023. The Minister stated India's targets to secure 10% of global 6G patents and standards, develop Indian alternatives for 10–20 critical imported network technologies, and push forward quantum communications, AI-native networks, and telecom security. Nearly 136 R&D projects have been funded under the Telecom Technology Development Fund (TTDF) covering advanced technologies.