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India to see over 1 billion 5G subscriptions by 2031
The New Indian Express Chennai
|November 21, 2025
TELECOM equipment maker Ericsson released its Mobility Report on Thursday, predicting that India will have more than 1 billion 5G subscriptions by the end of 2031, reaching 79% of total mobile subscriptions.
The report also said that 5G adoption is growing fast, with 394 million 5G subscriptions expected by the end of 2025, making up 32% of all mobile subscriptions.
“The mobile data traffic per active smartphone in India stands at 36 GB per month, the highest in the world and is expected to grow to 65 GB per month by 2031. 5G is already today serving as the critical infrastructure for driving digitalization in the country,” said Nitin Bansal, MD, Ericsson India.
What is fueling growth?
This story is from the November 21, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Chennai.
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