According to the India Mobile Broadband Index 2024 by Nokia , Indians used over 17 thousand petabytes of 4G mobile data in December 2023, indicating a tremendous rise of close to 21 percent in data consumption compared to around 14.4 thousand petabytes used in December 2022.
Digitalization trends in India
The Digital India campaign has played a significant role in empowering the nation by promoting digitalization and developing online infrastructure. Since the introduction of this campaign in 2015, India saw a significant increase in the rate of internet penetration. In 2022, 48.7 percent of the Indian population had access to the internet. The digital population across India comprises of social media users and internet users. In dia recorded nearly 1.2 billion internet and social media users, in the beginning of 2023.
Indian telecommunication companies
In the digital age, the business of telecommunication network companies in India has been booming. Bharti Airtel Limited and Reliance Jio were some of the leading telecommunication network companies in India. Both the companies generated a huge revenue of over one trillion Indian rupees by providing digital services to Indian citizens in 2022.
4G and 5G mobile data usage across India from December 2015 to December 2023
(in exabytes per month)
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Nokia. (March 15, 2024). 4G and 5G mobile data usage across India from December 2015 to December 2023 (in exabytes per month) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 22, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/918849/india-4g-mobile-data-usage/
Nokia. "4G and 5G mobile data usage across India from December 2015 to December 2023 (in exabytes per month)." Chart. March 15, 2024. Statista. Accessed February 22, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/918849/india-4g-mobile-data-usage/
Nokia. (2024). 4G and 5G mobile data usage across India from December 2015 to December 2023 (in exabytes per month). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 22, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/918849/india-4g-mobile-data-usage/
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