New Delhi, March 31 -- India's average monthly mobile data consumption per user crossed the 31 GB mark as 5G traffic grew by more than 70 per cent year-on-year (YoY). According to the 13th edition of the Nokia Mobile Broadband Index (MBiT) 2026, 5G technology now accounts for approximately 47 per cent of the total mobile broadband traffic in the country.

The report indicated that pan-India monthly 5G traffic reached 12.9 exabytes (EB) in 2025. The overall mobile data traffic in the country crossed 27 EB per month, supported by the continuous expansion of 5G coverage and the wider availability of affordable 5G-enabled smartphones.

The growth represented an 18 per cent compound annual growth rate in data consumption over the past five yea...