Smartphone subscriptions by technology in India 2012-2029

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Shangliao Sun
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Sep 27, 2024

In 2023, the dominant technology of smartphone subscriptions used in India was LTE, which had reached nearly 730.3 million. It reached its peak in 2022 at around 764.5 million subscriptions, with 3G connections being estimated at 33 million by that point. 5G was forecasted to around 789 million of all 1.19 billion smartphone subscriptions in India at the end of 2029.

Smartphone subscriptions by technology in India from 2012 to 2023, with forecasts until 2029 (in millions)

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Statistic: Smartphone subscriptions by technology in India from 2012 to 2023, with forecasts until 2029 (in millions)

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June 2024

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India

Survey time period

2012 to 2024

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*forecasts

Supplementary notes

These figures also include Nepal and Bhutan.

Values have been rounded for clarity.

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