Ericsson Mobility Report

This report was published by Ericsson in November 2021.

Key findings related to India are:-

In the India region, 4G is expected to remain the dominant technology in 2027, however the 4G subscriptions are expected to reduce from 68 percent of mobile subscriptions in 2021 to 55 percent in 2027 as subscribers migrate to 5G.

• 5G will represent around 39 percent of mobile subscriptions in India at the end of 2027, estimated at about 500 million subscriptions.
• Smartphone subscriptions accounted for 70 percent of total mobile subscriptions in 2021 and are projected to constitute around 94 percent in 2027, driven by rapid smartphone adoption in the country.
• The average traffic per smartphone in the India is the second-highest globally and is projected to grow to around 50GB per month in 2027 due to competitive pricing by service providers for subscription packages, affordable smartphones and increased time spent online.
• Due to high growth in the number of smartphone users, including growth in rural areas, and an increase in average usage per smartphone, total mobile data traffic in India has grown from 9.4EB per month in 2020 to 12EB per month in 2021 and is projected to increase by more than 4 times to reach 49EB per month in 2027. (1 EB = 1000000 TB)