New Delhi, March 31 -- Nokia Mobile Broadband Index (MBiT) 2026 has released its 2025 numbers on data consumption and mobile broadband traffic. It said that India's average monthly mobile data consumption per user crossed the 31 GB mark with 5G traffic growing by more than 70 per cent year-on-year (YoY).

It also said that pan-India monthly 5G traffic reached 12.9 exabytes (EB) in 2025 and 5G now contributes about 47% of total mobile broadband traffic.

It also said that India has now the world's second-largest 5G subscriber base, 5G data consumption and 5G FWA user base, highlight strong momentum in 5G adoption in India.

In a statement, it said, "Average monthly mobile data consumption per user increased to over 31 GB in 2025, represent...