Advantage India
Robust
Demand
*Tele-density of rural subscribers reached 59.06% as of March 2025.
*Total volume of wireless data usage increased by more than 10 folds from 4,206 petabytes in Q1, FY18 to 47,629 petabytes in Q2, FY24.
* Also, India is one of the biggest consumer of data worldwide. As per TRAI, average wireless data usage per wireless data subscriber was 19.47 GB per month in December 2023 from 61.66 MB in March 2014.
Attractive
Opportunities
*India’s 5G subscriber base is expected to grow 2.65 times, reaching 770 million by CY28, up from 290 million in CY24, according to Nokia’s annual Mobile Broadband Index (MBiT) report.
* The value of export of mobile phones in FY24 increased by 42% reaching at US$ 15.6 billion.
* India’s digital economy is set to reach 20% of national income by 2029-30, driven by IT, telecom, and electronics manufacturing, with a 13.42% share expected in FY25.
* India ranks 2nd in "international mobile broadband internet traffic" and "international Internet bandwidth."
Policy
Support
* The Union Cabinet approved Rs. 12,195 crore (US$ 1.65 billion) Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for telecom & networking products under the Department of Telecom. On December 2022, 42 companies have committed an investment Rs. 4,115 crore (US$ 502.95 million) comprising 28 MSMEs and 14 Non-MSMEs (eight domestic and seven global companies) approved under the PLI Scheme.
* To drive the development of 6G technology, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has developed a sixth-generation (6G) innovation group.
Increasing
Investments
* In the Union Budget FY26 the Department of Telecommunications and IT was allocated Rs. 81,005.24 crore (US$ 9.27 billion).
* India ranks third in "Annual investment in telecommunication services" and "Domestic market size.“
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