India will have 35 crore 5G connections by 2026, 3.5 billion 5G connections worldwide: report

According to a report by leading telecom company Ericsson, there will be 3.5 billion 5G connections worldwide by 2026, while in India they will be around 35 crore. Nitin Bansal, head of Ericsson’s network solutions (South East Asia, Oceania and India), said that if the spectrum auction was held early next year, India could get its first 5G connection in 2021.

According to the Ericsson Mobility Report-2020, one billion people worldwide, which constitutes 15 percent of the global population, have access to 5G coverage. Bansal said that India could get its first 5G connection in 2021 as per the announced auction deadline for spectrum auction for 5G services. According to the report, the average traffic per smartphone user per month in India is 15.7 GB, the highest in the world.

According to this report, 60 percent of the world’s population will have access to 5G services by the year 2026 and by that time the number of 5G subscribers is expected to grow to 3.5 billion. At the same time, the number of 5G subscribers in India will cross the figure of 35 crores by that time, which will be 27 percent of the total mobile users in the country.