#ISMC25
ITU-APT Foundation of India (IAFI)
5th India Spectrum Management Conference
& ExhibitionThe Claridges Hotel, New Delhi, India
15-16 December 2025
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Overview
ITU-APT Foundation of India (IAFI) will once again organize our annual flagship event The 5th India Spectrum Management Conference and exhibition 2025 (ISMC-25), on 15th and 16th December 2025 in New Delhi, India.
The management of spectrum is a crucial issue facing the telecommunications industry worldwide, and it is particularly relevant to India due to its largest population and the fastest proliferation of 5G technology in the world. With the recent work on the 6G framework in the ITU, the stage is set for tremendous growth opportunities in wireless communications in the coming years.
The timing of the 5th ISMC-25 is critical for spectrum management as many administrations around the world will start finalizing their preliminary views on the WRC-27 agenda items during early 2026 leading up to the next round of Regional and global preparatory meetings for WRC-27. ISMC-25 will provide the much-needed platform to share views, expectations and way forward towards various issues that will be addressed during the studies leading to WRC-27.
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Countries Represented
Speakers
Industry Leaders
Chief Guests
Dr. Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar*
Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India
Mr. Mario Maniewicz
Director Radiocommunication
Bureau, ITU
Shri Anil Kumar Lahoti
Chairman
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
Confirmed Speakers
Shri Rudra Narayan Palai
Member (Technology)
Department of Telecommunications
Government of India.
Shri Deb Kumar Chakrabarti
Member (Services)
Department of Telecommunications
Government of India.
Mr. Charles Cooper
Associate Administrator, Office of Spectrum Management
NTIA, US
Dr. Rajkumar Upadhyay
CEO and Chairman Board, C-DOT, India
Shri N. K. Bhola
Joint Wireless Advisor and OSD to Wireless Advisor, WPC, Department of Telecommunications
Shri Syed Tausif Abbas
Sr. DDG & Head
TEC
Ms. M. Revathi
Joint Wireless Advisor, Govt. of India and Member Radio Regulatory Board, ITU-R
Ms. Padma Jaiswal
IAS - Secretary to Government to the State & Union Territories and Secretary Government of Puducherry
Dr. PK Jain
Director
IN-SPACe
Govt. of India
Shri Gulab Chand
Joint Wireless Advisor
Department of Telecommunications
Govt. of India
Shri MK Pattanaik
Joint Wireless Advisor
Department of Telecommunications
Govt. of India
Brig Rahul Anand
Deputy Assistant Chief, Integrated Defence Staff, Communications Electronics Staff, DACIDS (JCES), Ministry of Defence India
Shri Munesh Kumar
Joint Wireless Advisor, RLO, WPC, Department of Telecommunications
Shri Amit Gulati
Sr. Deputy Wireless Advisor
Department of Telecommunications
Govt. of India
Shri Arun Agarwal
DDG (Satellite)
Department of Telecommunications
Govt. of India
Ms. J Sofi Jebasoundaram
Associate Director (Frequency Management), Satellite Communication Programme Office ISRO HQ, India
Mr. Forhadul Parvez
Programme Officer
Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT)
Dr. R. David Koilpillai
Chairman
Bharat 6G Alliance & IIT Madras
Shri Anil Kumar Bhardwaj
DDG SE
Department of Telecommunications, Government of India
Dr. Martha Suarez
President
Dynamic Spectrum Alliance
(DSA), US
Shri Jitendra Singh
Head, Govt. Affairs
Qualcomm India
Mr. Alex Orange
Vice President, Technology and Spectrum Policy, Omnispace
Mr. Alan Norman
Director, Public Policy
Meta, USA
Shri Rajesh Kumar Pathak
Director General
Bharat 6G Alliance, India
Shri Preetam Meena
Asst. Wireless Advisor (IT & SACFA), WPC, Department of Telecommunications
Mr. Cristian Gomez
Vice President
Government & Regulatory
Asia Pacific, Viasat Inc.
Mr. Jose ‘Pepe’ Feu Vidal
Satellite Network Coordination Engineer, Amazon Leo
Shri Ravi Gandhi
President, Chief of Public Policy & Regulatory
Reliance Jio
Mr. Stuart Cooke
Senior Director of Future Spectrum
GSMA
Mr. Carlos Riopedre
Managing Director
and Board Member
Sateliot
Mr. Krishna K
Head, Consumer Business, APAC - Amazon Leo
Ms. Alka Selot Asthana
Head of Regulatory Affairs
Tata Communications
Dr. Sendil Kumar Devar
Director, Standards and Spectrum
Ericsson, India
Prof. Rajeev Shorey
Director
IIIT Surat
Mr. Mitesh Dave
Reality Labs
Meta
Prof. Radha Krishna Ganti
Professor of Electrical Engineering
IIT Madras
Mr. Kevin Graham
Chief Executive Officer
TCCA
Dr. Punit Rathod
Lead Technical Standards
Qualcomm, India
Ms. Nada Abdelhafez
Head of Spectrum & Regulatory Affairs, MEA, India
Shure Inc
Mr. Bashir Patel
Senior Regional Advisor, Policy and Regulatory, South Asia, Middle East & Africa, Viasat/Inmarsat
Shri Rajeev Kumar
Deputy Director General (Engg)
Spectrum Management & Radio Regulation, Doordarshan
Shri Keyur Gandhi
Director, Space Regulatory
Dhruva Space
Shri Vikram Tiwathia
Deputy Director General
COAI
Dr. Monisha Ghosh
Professor Electrical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, US
Dr. Navin Kumar
Professor, School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Bengaluru
Organisers
Prof. NK Goyal
President, CMAI
Vice Chairman
IAFI
Shri Bharat Bhatia
President & CEO, ITU-APT Foundation of India (IAFI) & Vice Chairman of the Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF)
Shri HC Soni
Vice President
IAFI
Shri SN Gupta
Secretary General
IAFI
Agenda
15 - 16 December 2025
- Setting the vision for India’s spectrum policy, aligned with global best practices
- Future direction of spectrum management in India
- Digital connectivity & economic transformation
- International cooperation & regulatory perspectives
Opening remarks:
- Shri Bharat Bhatia, President, IAFI
Chief Guests Speeches:
Vote of Thanks: Prof. N K Goyal, Vice Chairman, IAFI
Session Chair: Shri Anil Kumar Bhardwaj, DDG SE, Department of Telecommunications:
Topics to be Covered:
- Proposed New Telecom Policy & options for Restructuring of spectrum management organization in India
- Spectrum pricing for growth
- Expectations from National Frequency Allocation Plan 2025
- Delicensing of new bands & spectrum for Verticals
- Building stakeholder consensus
Session Chair: Shri S T Abbas, Sr. DDG and Head, TEC
Topics to be Covered
- Spectrum and Band planning for IMT Mobile Services
- Ecosystem readiness & global deployment lessons
- Review of 2025 milestones & outlook towards 2027 spectrum activities
- Spectrum Auctions 2026-2027 & priorities of opening new bands for 4G/5G
- Building stakeholder consensus
Session Chair: Shri Munesh Kumar, Joint Wireless Advisor, Department of Telecommunications
Topics to be Covered:
- Plan for use of delicensed lower 6GHz band
- Delicensing of new bands & shared spectrum
- Unlicensed Bands for Fixed wireless Access
- Experimental platforms & pilot projects
- Future regulatory considerations, standard power, AFC
Session Chair: Dr. P K Jain, Director, IN-SPACe, Govt. of India:
Topics to be Covered:
- GSO & Non-GSO spectrum issues across L, S, C, Ku, Ka bands
- Licensing aspects, pricing & gateway authorizations
- Regulations & landing rights
- GMPCS, VSAT & IoT – latest licensing challenges
- Updates from IN-SPACe
Welcome Address by Conference Chair:
- Shri Bharat Bhatia, President, IAFI
Topics To be Covered:
- Role of AI in Spectrum Management
- Global Vision for 6G Technology and Spectrum Roadmap
- Evolution of 6G Technology, Applications and Performance Requirements and Role of AI in the Framework of 6G
- Objectives and Preparations for WRC-27
- Spectrum needs for 6G - Plan for Upper 6GHz and 7-8 GHz for IMT-2030 with 400 MHz Channels
- Expectations from integration of Terrestrial and non-Terrestrial Networks.
11:15- 12:15 | Interactive Session 4A: WRC-27 Agenda Item 1.7
Session Chair: Shri Gulab Chand, Joint Wireless Advisor, WPC, Department of Telecommunications
Topics to be Covered:
- Expectation of CPM text for WRC Agenda Item - 1.7 towards Spectrum for 6G
- Status of sharing studies in India
- Expected outcome of global studies
12:15- 13:45 | Interactive Session 4B: WRC-27 Agenda Items 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.12, 1.13 & 1.14
Session Chair: Shri M K Pattanaik, Joint Wireless Advisor, WPC, Department of Telecommunications
Topics to be Covered:
- Critical Issues for Satellite Services
- Smaller antenna sizes to promote enterprise connectivity
- Preventing Unauthorized NGSO satellite Earth station Emissions
- Direct-connectivity between satellites and cellular phones (DC-MSS-IMT)
Moderator: Shri Vikram Tiwathia, Deputy Director General, COAI
- Future spectrum policy direction: Telecom and spectrum management reforms, auction models, pricing frameworks, and priorities for opening new frequency bands for 5G, 6G, WiFi, PMSE, Broadcasting, Satellites
- WRC-27 & 6G preparation: WRC-27 agenda items (especially 6G/IMT-2030 and satellite issues) and a refined global vision for 6G spectrum needs, including upper-6 GHz and 7–8 GHz bands.
- Satellite & space-spectrum regulation: Regulatory approaches for GSO/NGSO systems, licensing and gateway rules shaping India’s space- spectrum regime.
- Spectrum sharing & future networks: Spectrum sharing models for Wi- Fi/mobile/satellite sharing, use-cases of AI/ML in dynamic spectrum management.
- Actionable outputs for India: Concrete inputs for India’s 2026–27 spectrum roadmap, potential institutional reforms in spectrum governance.
- Summary of outcomes
- Adoption of recommendations & next steps
- Announcements & closing remarks
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THE CLARIDGES, NEW DELHI
12, APJ Abdul Kalam Road, New Delhi - 110011
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