 India. A name synonymous with innovation. Driving digital growth across the world. With over 1 billion mobile phones and 800 million active internet users, India is now at the helm of the global digital reform. It is no surprise that the country now accounts for over 46% of global digital transactions. This achievement is a result of the visionary leadership of the Honourable Prime Minister Shree Narendra Modi who has consistently taken comprehensive steps to harness the nation's vast potential in this sector. In October 2022, during the India Mobile Congress, he ushered in a new era of connectivity by launching 5G services for the nation. 2G, 3G, 4G, for India's technology, it was on the other side of the country. But 5G has created a new history with India. With 5G, India, for the first time, is building global standards in telecom technology. India is leading. India has moved so far this decade with its digital public infrastructure, with the adoption of technology. In some ways, there is no other country that has seen something quite like this. It's truly extraordinary. Incredible to see the digital transformations recently. I mean, now you can use GPay to pay anywhere. It's incredible. In India, one of the things that's very exceptional that's happening is digital public goods that's getting built is for language translation. The follow-through on the scaling up of India's digital stack is a model other countries are thinking about. A robust connectivity infrastructure with more than 3.74 lakh 5G towers in over 735 Indian districts has made 5G accessible to over 100 million Indians in a year. Meeting nations like the US and China with the fastest 5G rollout in the world, India is well on its way to having the world's largest 5G connectivity. The impact of this digital growth has simply been unprecedented. Digital public infrastructure built on connectivity has enabled public services never thought off before, which is now being adopted globally. Digital India has directly empowered and benefited the underprivileged youth, women and farmers in real time. After empowering unprecedented digital innovation at home, India is now among the only five countries to deploy its own indigenous 5G stack and lead the way for the world. India also stands tall as one of the leaders in developing 6G technology with its Bharat 6G Alliance initiative. India has made continuous stride promoting new-made skills and making investments in technological research to enable state-of-the-art labs and infrastructure in the country over the past few years. Result, all of these factors are contributing to India's rise as the third largest economy in the world. India Mobile Congress 2023 will now set the stage for the globalization of these indigenous innovation with its theme as global digital innovation. The largest tech event in Asia is proudly hosting thought leaders, entrepreneurs, innovators, investors, academia, regulators and policy makers from more than 31 countries to bring the next digital revolution worldwide. In line with the honourable prime minister's vision of empowering startups in the country, IMC 2023 is also launching ASPIRE, an initiative to ignite the future of entrepreneurship from India to the world. Digital innovation will find a new home at the India Mobile Congress 2023.