India likely to have 520 million 4G subscribers by 2022: Ericsson

But 2G and CDMA subscribers are likely to come down drastically

The entry of Reliance Jio has led to intensified competition and has triggered data uptake and user additions. As per Ericsson Mobility Report, by 2022, India is likely to have 520 million 4G subscribers.

The report shows that 4G and 3G technologies are expected to represent 85 per cent of all Indian subscriptions by 2022, while 5G subscriptions will be available only in 2022, representing 0.2 per cent of total mobile subscriptions.

By 2022, the total subscriptions in the country would rise to 1.4 billion. In 2017, smartphone subscriptions in India are expected to represent 30 per cent of all mobile subscriptions