Top 10 in broadband? India needs to go from 1.95% to 40% adoption

Mukesh Ambani wants to achieve the target by deploying 5G fixed wireless access to homes

Mukesh Ambani’s statement at last week’s annual general meeting of Reliance Industries that his ambition is to take India into the top 10 countries in the world in terms of fixed broadband adoption, has put the spotlight on the need for the quick deployment of 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) to homes.

Based on International Telecommunications Union (ITU) data for over 237 countries in 2021, to be in the top 10, India — which currently ranks a poor 138th in the world —  would need to have around 40 fixed broadband subscriptions for every 100 citizens. As per ITU data, in