India has the highest data usage per smartphone

India has the highest average data usage per smartphone, reaching 9.8 GB per month at the end of 2018, according to a new study by Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson. “Increased numbers of LTE subscriptions, attractive data plans being offered by service providers, and young people’s changing video viewing habits have driven monthly usage growth,” Nitin Bansal, head of Ericsson India and head of network solutions, southeast Asia, Oceania and India, said. This is expected to continue, as video is embedded in all types of online content… we see monthly data usage per smartphone increasing from 9.8 GB in 2018 to 18 GB by 2024 [in India], growing at 11% CAGR,” Mr. Bansal added.

Source: www.thehindu.com