Why India has become the first country in the world to use Mobile Data?

 

The amount of mobile data usage in India is increasing day by day and has become the first country in the world. Experts believe that there are several reasons behind this. Cheap mobile data rates, cheap mobile prices, high-speed internet, and enough time in hand are considered to be the influential factors.

Indians around the world spend most of their time on mobile. According to Ericsson's Mobility Report, in 2019 India used to have an average of 12 GB of mobile data per person, increasing steadily in 2020 and 2021. This rate is lower in North America and Western Europe than in India.

According to the report, in 2019, where on average 12 GB of mobile data per person is used in India in a month. At the same time, in 2020, this figure became 13.3 GB of data per person.

In 2021, this figure is 18 GB of mobile data per person usage. In North America, the consumption of 8.3 GB data per person per month in 2019 has increased to 11.8 in 2020.

It is expected to cross the 15 GB mark in 2021. In Western Europe, where 7.5 GB of mobile data was consumed per person per month in 2019, it exceeded 11 GB in 2020.

It is expected to be 14.98 GB in 2021. In Central and Eastern Europe, where the data consumption per person was 5.1 in a month in 2019, it rose to 7.3 in 2020.

It is expected to be 9.6 GB in 2021. In South-East Asia, where per-person data consumption was 4.74 GB per month in 2019, it increased to 7.6 GB in 2020.

It is expected to reach 10.26 in 2021. Based on this report, it is said that Indians spend more time on smartphones than in Europe and North America.

The cheapest Mobile data rate in India

India is the first country in the world where the cheapest mobile data rate is available. According to the report of World Mobile Data pricing, a 1GB data package in India is quite cheap. This is followed by Israel, Kyrgyzstan, Italy, and Ukraine.

The report says that India's population is the youngest. The youth here are rich in technology. India's superphone market is quite vibrant. It can incorporate new technology. There is competition in the market.

Despite all this, India is the first country in the world where data is very cheap. The average price of 1 GB of data in India is $ 0.09. The average price of 1 GB data in Israel is $ 0.11, $ 0.21 in Kyrgyzstan, $ 0.43, and 0.46 in Italy and Ukraine respectively.

Fiber brand infrastructure is much better in these countries. The most expensive mobile rate is in St. Helena. Here 583 times mobile data from India is expensive.

More time on the mobile internet

Consumers will spend 930 hours on mobile Internet devices in the coming year. According to the Zenith Media Consumption Forecast report, people will spend a total of 39 days of the year on mobile Internet devices.

This survey has been done in a total of 57 countries. According to the report, in 2021, people will spend 4.5 trillion hours on mobile Internet devices in these countries.

In 2015, on average, where people worldwide spent 80 minutes a day on mobile Internet, that has now increased to 130 minutes. Smartphone availability, faster connection, better screen, and app innovation increased the number of mobile Internet users.

According to the report, mobile internet usage will account for 31% of global media consumption from 2721 to 2021 this year. Apart from this, the time for people to read newspapers has also reduced.

It decreased from 17 minutes to 11 minutes from 2014 to 2019. At the same time, the reading time of the magazine increased from 8 minutes to 4 minutes.

Jonathan Bernard, Zenith's head of forecasting, says people spend time with media on mobile technology has increased. Sharing jokes with your close ones, sharing messages, etc. have increased people's time on mobile internet devices. For the same reason, the use of mobile data in India has increased a lot which has made India the first country in the world.