New Delhi

5G will represent around 53 per cent of mobile subscriptions in India by 2028, with 690 million users, a new report showed on Wednesday.

5G subscriptions in India are expected to reach around 31 million by the end of this year, as telecom providers like Jio and Airtel continue to roll out 5G services across the country.

Average data traffic per smartphone in the country is projected to grow from 25GB per month in 2022 to around 54 GB per month in 2028, according to the latest 'Ericsson Mobility Report'.

The smartphone subscriptions in India as a percentage of total mobile subscriptions are expected to grow from 77 per cent this year to 94 per cent in 2028.

4G subscriptions are expected to peak in India in 2024 at around 930 million, and from there, will decline to an estimated 570 million by the year 2028, the report mentioned.

The average data traffic per smartphone in the India region is the highest globally at the moment.

Global 5G subscriptions remain on track to top one billion by the end of this year, and five billion by the end of 2028, despite current and developing economic challenges in many parts of the world.

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On 5G, about 110 million subscriptions were added globally between July-September 2022, bringing the total to about 870 million globally.