5G to represent 18% mobile subscriptions in India by 2025: Ericsson

NEW DELHI: India has the highest average monthly usage per smartphone at present and is projected to have around 410 million additional smartphone users by 2025. The average traffic per smartphone is expected to increase to around 25GB per month in 2025, with total traffic projected to triple, reaching 21EB per month by 2025, according to a Ericcson Mobility report.

The spread of covid-19 across the world and subsequent lockdown restrictions have caused measurable changes in the usage of both fixed and mobile networks, the report said.

In India, the average monthly mobile data usage per smartphone continues to show robust growth, driven by the rapid adoption of 4G. Low prices for mobile broadband services, affordable smartphones and people’s changing habits of video viewing have also continued to steer monthly usage growth.