Only 13 percent of subscribers in India are using 3G and 4G networks even as high speed mobile data services are being around for over two years, a study by Facebook-led Internet.org said on Wednesday.
According to the report, India stands at the bottom when it comes to mobile data usage.
Internet.org aims to brings together a global partnership of tech leaders, nonprofits and local communities to connect two thirds of the world that do not have Internet access.
"Countries like India are indicative of entry-level data use. Based on Cisco's 2014 VNI Mobile Forecast, India is at the lower-end of global use, in that mobile users average 149MB per month," the study said.
The report puts entry-level data usage at below 100 MB per month.
Assuming the top 20 percent of users generate 85 percent of traffic, the bottom 80 percent average less than 30MB per month, it added"This data average is reflective of conditions where, 13 percent of Indian connections are on 3G/ 4G networks, 47 percent of network capacity is driven by streaming audio and video and 15.3 percent of connections are via smartphones," the study revealed.
According Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), the total broadband subscribers under the mobile device users (phones and dongles) segment stood at 69.99 million at the end of December 2014.
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