With smartphones the primary source of entertainment, average Indian spends 5 hours online daily: Nokia report
February 12, 2021
4G alone constituted nearly 99 per cent of the total data traffic consumed across the country, and categories A, B and C (circles) saw higher growth rates than metros due to operator focus on 4G
4G alone constituted nearly 99 per cent of the total data traffic consumed across the country, and categories A, B and C (circles) saw higher growth rates than metros due to operator focus on 4G×
Rural areas now contribute to rising monthly data usage
New users from rural areas contributed to the rising monthly data usage and smartphones emerged as the primary source of entertainment and productivity – an average Indian spent around five hours daily on a smartphone, one of the highest averages globally.
Data traffic in India grew approximately 60 times over the last five years which is amongst the highest globally, said a new Nokia report on Thursday.Interestingly, the report revealed that there are already two million active 5G devices in use .
th edition of its
Mobile Broadband India Traffic Index (MBiT) 2021 on mobile broadband performance in India. The report highlights that the data traffic in India grew approximately 60 times over the last five years which is amongst the highest globally. In 2020, the data traffic grew by 36% YoY primarily due to rise in 4G data consumption as 4G subscribers surpassed 700 million with 100 million new additions during the year. 4G alone constituted nearly 99% of the total data traffic consumed across the country. Categories A, B and C saw higher growth rates than metros due to operator focus on 4G.
According to the study, the average monthly data usage per user reached 13.5 GB in December 2020, growing over 20% annually owing to an increase in data subscribers and mobile video consumption. New users from rural areas also contributed to the rising monthly data usage. Mobile emerged as primary source of entertainment and productivity as an average Indian spent approximately 5 hours d
Nokia has launched the 8th edition of its Mobile Broadband India Traffic Index (MBiT) 2021, outlining mobile broadband performance in India during 2020.