With the advent of data and affordable smartphones, India has seen a huge drop in data consumption figures. In case you're wondering where we are, we now have reports talking about it, straight from Nokia. Each year, Nokia studies data consumption patterns in India and publishes them in the Mobile Broadband India Traffic Index report. The 2019 edition has just come online, and it mentions that each user consumes 11.2 GB of data each month. It is dominated by streaming video, which accounts for nearly 80%. Over a year, overall data consumption in India increased by 47%, of which 4G contributed a whopping 96%. 3G data consumption has decreased by 30% and 2G data is now at a negligible level. One of the main reasons for this change is the availability of affordable 4G data in India, which is one of the cheapest in the world. The number of 4G phones increased 1.5 times to 501 million, of which 430 million also supported LTE. For the period from 2015 to 2019, the data traffic in India has grown 44 times, which is also one of the highest in the world. An increase in Category B circles dominated the increase. “We believe that the migration of subscribers to 4G will continue to stimulate broadband growth in the country. Upcoming 4K/8K video and Industry 4.0 solutions that promise to improve productivity and reduce expenses for industries in different industries demand ultra-high speed and extremely low latency. Indian telecom operators will need to consider other connectivity solutions to take advantage of new opportunities and respond to growing data consumption," said Sanjay Malik, Nokia's executive vice president and Indian market manager. YouTube dominated video consumption, followed by Hotstar and JioTV.More than 30 OTT platforms have been recognized, which translates to an average of 70 minutes spent consuming video content each day.It was followed by internet browsing and social media.The report also predicts that the growth in 5G penetration will be driven by connected cities, public safety, infrastructure projects, and healthcare.