Ericsson said the number of mobile subscriptions in India is expected to increase to approximately 1.4 billion by 2020, resulting in a population penetration of 100 percent.
GSM EDGE technology has 95 percent population coverage. WCDMA HSPA covered more than 35 percent of the Indian population at the end of 2014, and is expected to cover approximately 90 percent by the end of 2020.
Indian smartphone users spend over three hours a day on smartphones and 25 percent check their phones over 100 times a day. Around one third of the time spent on smartphones is used for apps, primarily chat, social media, and gaming. 65 per cent of mobile broadband smartphone users in India prefer video streaming to downloading videos on handsets.
The number of smartphone subscriptions is expected to reach over 750 million by 2020, up from 130 million in 2014. Monthly mobile data consumption is expected to increase 18-fold by the year 2020 over current levels.
70 percent of mobile broadband smartphone users regularly stream videos on their smartphones, and 61 percent use social networks. Indian smartphone users are also seeing great potential in mobile broadband when it comes to facilitating the way they handle their money and personal finances.
Baburajan K
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