India’s data consumption rate highest worldwide: RS Sharma

NEW DELHI: India has the highest mobile data consumption rate at about 11 to 12 GB per user a month in the world, and the country is adding as much as 25 million new smartphone users every quarter making it a flourishing ground to launch digital initiatives, and materialise Prime Minister Narendra Modi’ ambitious Digital India vision, a top Indian bureaucrat said.

“Today we have 1.18 billion mobile connections, 700 million Internet users, and 600 million smartphones, which are increasing 25 million per quarter. We have a strong connectivity base today,” Ram Sewak Sharma, chief executive of the National Health Authority of India said, adding that India has the highest data consumption which is about 12 GB per person a month.