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India's monthly wireless data usage rose to 1.3 billion GB a month in March 2017 from 200 million GB a month in June 2016, according to the Internet Trends Report 2017 by Kleiner Perkins. The sharp rise in data consumption in India indicates a disrpution caused by Reliance Jio's free 4G data services, which resulted in a data war in the country.
The report said that bandwidth intensive music and video streaming applications also saw a dramtic growth following the launch of Reliance Jio in India. For instance, music streaming app Gaana's streams per month grew three times between June, 2016 - March 2017. Similarly, Hotstar's daily active users grew over four times during the same period.
80% of internet usage now takes place on mobile phones in India, which is the second highest in the world, after Nigeria, the report said, adding that the strong internet usage growth is driven by broader availability of low cost data access. The report said that 72% of Internet users in India are less than 35 years of age.
Reliance Jio: India's monthly wireless data usage rose to 1.3 bn GB in March, courtesy Reliance Jio, Telecom News, ET Telecom
The report said that bandwidth intensive music and video streaming applications also saw a dramtic growth following the launch of Reliance Jio in India. For instance, music streaming app Gaana's streams per month grew three times between June, 2016 - March 2017. Similarly, Hotstar's daily active users grew over four times during the same period.
80% of internet usage now takes place on mobile phones in India, which is the second highest in the world, after Nigeria, the report said, adding that the strong internet usage growth is driven by broader availability of low cost data access. The report said that 72% of Internet users in India are less than 35 years of age.
Reliance Jio: India's monthly wireless data usage rose to 1.3 bn GB in March, courtesy Reliance Jio, Telecom News, ET Telecom
