5G will represent approximately 53 percent of mobile subscriptions India With 690 million users by 2028, a new report showed on Wednesday.
5G subscriptions in India are expected to reach around 31 million by the end of this year, as telecom providers such as Jio and Airtel continue to roll out 5G services across the country.
According to the latest ‘Ericsson Mobility Report’, the average data traffic per smartphone in the country is estimated to increase from 25 GB per month in 2022 to around 54 GB per month in 2028.
Smartphone subscriptions in India as a percentage of total mobile subscriptions are expected to grow from 77 per cent this year to 94 per cent in 2028.
The report mentions that 4G subscriptions in India are expected to peak around 930 million in 2024, and drop from there to an estimated 570 million by 2028.
Nitin Bansal, Head of Network Solutions for South East Asia, Oceania and India, Ericsson India, said, “5G will play a key role in achieving India’s digital inclusion goals, especially in bringing broadband to rural and remote homes “
Enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) and fixed wireless access (FWA) are expected to be the initial use cases of 5G in India,” which will help improve data experience and address concerns of limited fixed broadband penetration levels in the country. ” underway,” Bansal said.
The average data traffic per smartphone in the India region is currently the highest globally.
The report states that total mobile data traffic in the India region is projected to grow from 18 EB per month in 2022 to 53 exabytes (EB) per month in 2028, growing at a CAGR of 19 percent.
Despite existing and developing economic challenges in many parts of the world, global 5G membership is on track to top one billion by the end of this year and five billion by the end of 2028.
On 5G, around 110 million subscriptions are expected to be added globally between July-September 2022, bringing the global total to around 870 million.
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