India's Mobile Data Usage Soars: 31GB Per User in 2025, 5G Dominates Traffic

• India's average monthly mobile data consumption per user reached 31 GB in 2025, up from 27.5 GB in 2024, according to Nokia's MBiT report.
• Pan-India monthly 5G data traffic surged 70% year-on-year, contributing nearly 47% of the country's overall mobile broadband traffic.
• India now holds the world's second-largest 5G subscriber base, 5G data consumption, and 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) user base.
• FWA is a key driver for data traffic growth, with its share of overall 5G data exceeding 25% and a two-fold year-on-year growth in subscribers.
• The number of active 4G devices reached 892 million in 2025, with over 383 million being 5G-capable, driven by a 10-fold growth in budget 5G phone shipments.