Mobile Data Cost Dips 96% In 10 Yrs, Broadband Faster

New Delhi: The cost of mobile data has reduced drastically from Rs 269 per GB (in March 2014) to Rs. 9.08 per GB now which is a massive 96.6 per cent decrease, the Parliament was informed on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, the median mobile broadband speed increased from 1.30 Mbps in March 2014 to 95.67 Mbps (as of October) which is up almost 72 per cent, Union Minister for Communications, Jyotiraditya Scindia, said in a statement in the Lok Sabha.

“The average wireless usage of data per subscriber has increased to 22.24 GB per subscriber per month,” he informed.

As of October, the number of 4G Base Transceiver Stations (BTS) have reached 24,96,644, spread across 783 districts.

“India has seen the fastest rollout of 5G services in the world with 4,62,084 BTS deployed across 779 districts,” according to the minister.

Last month, the country climbed up 11 slots in the latest 'Network Readiness Index 2024' (NRI 2024), and is now placed at 49th rank globally.