Economic Survey: India leads in mobile data consumption/sub, offers world’s most affordable data rates
affordable data rates, and that there has been a paradigm shift in the country’s telecom technology space that underscores an ongoing effective transition from a “technology importer” to a “technology developer and exporter,” the Economic Survey 2024-25 said Friday.
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The Survey pegged India’s average wireless data usage per data user per month at 21.2 GB as of September, FY25, and said the country’s achievement of the fastest 5G rollout globally underlines its tech prowess in the telecom sector.
“India's telecom sector is expanding with the smartphone boom, surging data consumption, and the advent of technologies like 5G. India stands as the second-largest telecommunications market, with over 1.18 billion telephone subscribers, an overall teledensity of 84 per cent, and 941 million broadband users as of 31st October, 2024,” the latest Survey said.
According to the Economic Survey 2024-25, several telecom companies in India are leveraging AI to improve their services, optimise operations and enhance customer experience. “AI improves customer support, network optimisation, and predictive maintenance. AI-driven platforms (are being used) for end-to-end telecom network management.”
It added that built on top of state-of-the-art big data architecture, AI touches upon every aspect of the network – from the core and radio to the
