5G in India: Mobile internet will make Digital India vision come true

Going ahead, 5G deployment will be driven by the need for enhanced mobile broadband capabilities

As mobile technology has evolved over the past 2-3 decades, each generation of tech has helped mobility leapfrog and enabled a paradigm change in the way people and devices connect with each other. Today, that ‘how’ in connectivity is driven by ‘data and video’ as compared to just voice a few decades earlier. In India, data is increasingly generating far more traffic than voice calls and video streaming on smartphones has become the new frontier – be it watching live broadcasts, social media videos, and professional content.  

Tremendous growth in data traffic

The past 8-12 months have seen unprecedented