India needs Rs 4.2 trillion investment for broadband push

The country would require over Rs 4.2 trillion investment under the public, private partnership (PPP) mode by 2030 for ubiquitous broadband penetration, according to estimates from EY.

The same assumes significance as the country, especially the rural areas, lag in fixed or wired broadband penetration compared to developed nations.

According to Broadband India Forum, even as the average data consumption of 187 GB per month in India on fixed broadband is 10 times higher than mobile data consumption, the same is still significantly lower than the US data consumption of 641 GB per month.