5G Nationwide: This type of 5G uses low-frequency signals.Verizon splits its 5G service into two categories: 5G Nationwide and 5G Ultra Wideband Most Chinese handset brands, which form almost 85% of the market, have rolled out updates to support 5G networks in India.ĭon’t miss out on ET Prime stories! Get your daily dose of business updates on WhatsApp.2023 Update: This page is no longer being kept up to date. 5G smartphone shipments in the third quarter grew 30% on-year in the quarter ended September 2022. The 5G handset user base, although still at a nascent stage, is rising aggressively each quarter. This is one of the triggers for shipments of premium smartphones priced between Rs 25,000 – 30,000 growing 9% on-year in the third quarter ended September, while the uber-premium smartphone range priced between Rs 50,000 – Rs 1,00,000 jumped 39% on-year, CMR said. Reliance Jio said it will be able to complete rollout in the key metros by December 2022 and cover pan-India by the end of 2023.Īmidst the 5G rollouts, a Cybermedia Research (CMR) survey showed that Indian youth want a better experience riding on higher specifications for creating and consuming content and for gaming. Jio’s beta trials are on in New Delhi, Nathdwara, Varanasi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Chennai and Bengaluru.Īirtel has said its 5G service will be live in all key urban centres by March 2023 and most urban and rural areas by March 2023. The average industry ARPU is around Rs165 now.īharti Airtel has rolled out its 5G services in eight cities including New Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bengaluru, Varanasi, and Siliguri. Prashant Singhal, telecom analyst at Ernst and Young, said the sudden increase in data consumption will act as an educational exercise for consumers who need to learn how to control their data usage by turning off non-essential items on their devices.Īn analyst at a multinational brokerage, who wished not to be identified, added that in the initial phase, telcos may let users exhaust their data packs quicker to encourage them to buy more data, preparing them for increased costs of using 5G services.Īnd amid higher data consumption in the 5G era, telcos may see a rise in the average revenue per user (ARPU) over time, said Singhal. Consumers in markets like Taiwan were consuming 47.3GB data per month, especially during the COVID-19 period.
In markets where 5G networks are already functional with a large user base, like the United States and South Korea, data consumption has already spiked by up to 2.7x, according to a 2021 report by OpenSignal.
Sweden’s Ericsson expects data consumption in India to rise to 50GB per user per month by the end of 2027, when 5G is projected to account for almost 40 percent of mobile subscriptions.
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