New Delhi: According to Nokia’s annual Mobile Broadband Index (MBiT) report, the average data consumption per user in India reached 19.5GB per user a month in 2022, which is equivalent to 6,600 songs. Mobile data traffic in India jumped 3.2 times in the last five years, reaching over 14 exabytes per month. The report further revealed that pan-India mobile data usage per month grew from 4.5 exabytes in 2018 to 14.4 exabytes in 2022.
4G and 5G subscribers together now account for almost 100 per cent of the total mobile data traffic in the country.
According to Sanjay Malik, SVP and Head of India Market at Nokia, India has seen a massive uptake of mobile broadband based on successful deployment of 4G LTE networks. “We believe that 5G will take mobile broadband consumption to the next level in India by enabling new digital use cases for both consumer and enterprise segments.”
Over 70 million 5G devices are estimated to have been shipped to India in 2022, indicating a strong traction for 5G in the market. According to the report, enterprise spending on private 5G networks will be driven by new use cases in diverse industry verticals, including manufacturing, utilities, transportation and healthcare, among others in India.
The country’s investment in private wireless networks is expected to reach around $250 million by 2027.
