India's mobile data traffic to rise 7-fold by 2021: Cisco

This growth will be fuelled by massive consumer adoption of smartphones, IoT, smart devices

As India shifts its focus toward a digital economy, the adoption of mobile internet is on the rise as well. And the growth of mobile data traffic is projected to increase by 7-fold over the next five years i.e. by 2021, reveals Cisco Mobile Visual Network Index (VNI) Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast.

“As India leaps towards a digital economy, 2016 alone saw a huge growth in mobile traffic – by 76% from last year and, by 2021 consumer mobile traffic will grow 7.4-fold at a CAGR of 49% y-o-y. Much of this growth will be fueled by massive consumer