5G will represent around 26% of mobile subscriptions in India by 2026: Ericsson report

Nearly 67 per cent users, who participated in a survey, have expressed an intention to take up 5G connectivity when it starts rolling out in India, according to Ericsson’s annual Mobility report. It expects around 40 million smartphone subscribers in India to take up 5G in the first year of its rollout in the country.

The network equipment provider expects 5G to start rolling out in India by the second half of 2021. Players like Jio, Airtel and Vodafone are all currently testing their 5G networks in the country.

Ericsson predicts that 5G or the fifth generation of mobile broadband will represent around 26 percent of mobile subscriptions in India by the end of 2026, which is estimated at about 330 million subscriptions.