A quiet start to India Mobile Congress 2019

New Delhi: The third edition of the India Mobile Congress reflected the downbeat mood of the telecom sector, with the first day marked by empty seats and the absence of Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani, Bharti Enterprises Chairman Sunil Mittal and government luminaries.

Even home minister Amit Shah, who was supposed to attend the inaugural session, and road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari gave the telecom department’s marquee event a miss.

Government sources tried to downplay the absence of the top telecom industrialists, saying that Mukesh Ambani and Sunil Bharti Mittal had declined the invitation a month back.