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India to see 500 mn 5G mobile subscriptions by 2027: Report
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SME Times News Bureau | 30 Nov, 2021
The 5G technology will represent around 39 per cent of mobile
subscriptions in India at the end of 2027, estimated at about 500
million subscriptions, a new Ericsson report said on Tuesday.
The
number of smartphone subscriptions is expected to be 810 million at the
end of 2021 and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 7 per cent, reaching
over 1.2 billion by 2027 in the country, according to the mobility
report by Swedish telecommunication giant Ericsson.
The average
traffic per smartphone in the India region is the second-highest
globally and is projected to grow to around 50GB per month in 2027.
"Total
mobile data traffic in India has grown from 9.4 EB (exabyte) per month
in 2020 to 12 EB per month in 2021 and is projected to increase by more
than 4 times to reach 49EB per month in 2027," the report projected.
According
to Nitin Bansal, Head of Ericsson India and Head of Network Solutions
for South east Asia, Oceania and India, Ericsson, 5G will serve as a
socio-economic multiplier for the country.
"We are preparing the
communication service providers for a seamless introduction of 5G in the
country based on our global deployment experience , our innovative and
competitive 5G portfolio as well as the 5G trials we are doing with
Indian operators to showcase the possibilities with 5G," Bansal said in a
statement.
In the India region, 4G is expected to remain the
dominant technology in 2027, however the 4G subscriptions are forecast
to drop from 790 million in 2021 to 710 million in 2027, showing an
annual average decline of 2 per cent. The reliance on mobile
networks to stay connected and work from home has contributed to the
average traffic per smartphone increasing to 18.4GB per month in 2021,
up from 16.1GB per month in 2020.
The average traffic per
smartphone in the India region is the second-highest globally and is
projected to grow to around 50GB per month in 2027, the report
mentioned.
Ericsson recently carried out 5G trials with Airtel
and Vi, where it demonstrated enhanced mobile broadband and Fixed
Wireless Access (FWA) use cases with 5G.
Globally, there has been almost 300-fold increase in mobile data traffic since 2011, the report noted.
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