In accordance with TRAI, 5G knowledge utilization was 8,891 PB within the first quarter of the yr
5G knowledge utilization accounted for 16.89% of the entire cell knowledge utilization in India in the course of the first quarter of 2024, in line with the newest knowledge launched by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).
In the course of the quarter ending in March 2024, 2G expertise accounted for 0.08% of cell date utilization, 3G for 0.56%, whereas 4G accounted for 82.46% of the entire.
India’s cell knowledge utilization noticed a quarterly improve of 6.24%, rising from 49,543 petabytes (PB) within the final quarter of 2023 to 52,636 PB in Q1 2024. In accordance with TRAI, 5G knowledge utilization was 8,891 PB within the first quarter, whereas 4G knowledge utilization dominated with 43,406 PB. The information utilization for 2G and 3G was 43 PB and 297 PB, respectively.
The TRAI report additionally confirmed that the entire variety of cell knowledge subscribers in India surged from 896.68 million on the finish of December 2023 to 913.34 million by the tip of the primary quarter of this yr. TRAI didn’t disclose the precise variety of 4G and 5G subscribers for native operators Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Concept and Reliance Jio Infocomm.
Within the cell web section, Reliance Jio had 469.73 million subscribers on the finish of March, representing a 51.39% market share, adopted by Bharti Airtel, with 283.10 million subscribers (30.97%).
Reliance Jio Infocomm has already accomplished the rollout of 5G expertise in India. The provider has been quickly increasing its 5G community utilizing Standalone (SA) structure since October 2022. In the meantime, Bharti Airtel beforehand stated it anticipated to cowl the whole nation with 5G expertise by March 2024.
Rival operator Vodafone Concept is anticipated to launch its 5G community this yr and is at the moment in negotiations with distributors for 5G contracts, in line with latest studies.
The Indian authorities just lately confirmed it offered a complete of 141 megahertz of spectrum throughout eight bands, together with 800 MHz, 900 MHz, 2.1 GHz, 3.3 GHz and 26 GHz. The federal government raised a complete of INR113.4 billion ($1.3 billion) within the course of.
Bharti Airtel was the highest bidder within the latest spectrum public sale. The provider spent a complete of INR68.6 billion to amass 97 megahertz of spectrum, adopted by Vodafone Concept which acquired frequencies for a complete of INR 35.1 billion and Reliance Jio Infocomm, who spent practically INR10 billion to safe further 5G frequencies.
Trade analyst had beforehand stated that Indian operators had been solely anticipated to safe further 5G spectrum for licenses attributable to expire quickly in sure telecoms circles throughout the nation.
The federal government of India was anticipating to public sale greater than 10.5 GHz of capability unfold throughout eight frequency bands for the availability of a spread of companies, together with 5G. The bands provided on the course of embrace the 800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1.8 GHz, 2.1 GHz, 2.3 GHz, 2.5 GHz, 3.3 GHz and 26 GHz.