A large majority of urban as well as rural Indians used 4G networks to access internet, according to a survey in 2019. 3G network connections ranked second in terms of popularity with ten percent of users accessing internet via these mobile networks. At the same time, WiFi connections were the choice for around nine percent of urban users, but only two percent of rural users.
Internet access across rural and urban India in 2019, by type of mobile network
multi-stage random sampling across households in all socio-economic classes in over 525 towns and 1200 villages; respondents had accessed internet in the month preceding the interview
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