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- A report titled “Ericsson Mobility Report” by Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson has said that India has the world’s highest data usage per smartphone at an average of 9.8GB per month.
- The second highest data usage is in North-east Asia. West Asia and Africa region has the lowest data usage at 3GB per month
- The report has further added that the data usage in India will double to 18GB by 2024. This will be fuelled by rich video content.
- The report has predicted that total mobile data traffic per month will grow at a CAGR of 23% from 4.6 exabytes in 2018 to 16 exabytes in 2024.
- The factors which are driving this growth are a) improved device penetration, b) affordable data tariff plans, and c) increase in data-intensive content like videos.
- According to the report, Smartphone user base in India will reach 1.1 billion by 2024. Further, mobile broadband subscriptions are expected to grow from about 610 million in 2018 to 1.25 billion in 2024.
- The report has also claimed that Indian smartphone users are willing to pay more than 66% premium for futuristic 5G services.
- The findings of the report come at a time when the Indian government is in the process of finalising a road-map for the roll-out of 5G services.
- Recently, the Digital Communications Commission, the highest decision-making body in the Department of Telecommunications has asked the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India to ensure competition, sale of all spectrum and bringing the benefits of 5G to social sectors.
- The Commission has also approved a one-year trial period and a one-time fee of ₹5,000 for entities seeking experimental spectrum to conduct 5G trials.



