Mobile data traffic has increased by 54% in the last seven months (December 2011- June 2012), according to the Mobile Broadband India Traffic Index (MBit) report released by Nokia Siemens Network (NSN), which claims to provide a sneak peek into the mobile broadband performance in India and the data traffic growth trends across the country. Methodology: Nokia Siemens Network stated that the report was generated based on the data of 290 million mobile data users in India and the actual payload data (2G & 3G) taken from NSN operated 62 networks in the country. The company said that it has also sourced data from its Managed Services and Packet Core footprint in the country. Highlights From The Report - 3G traffic Increasing but 2G still dominant: 3G traffic has increased by 78% in the last seven months while 2G traffic has increased by 47% during the period. 3G connections account for 25% of the total data traffic and 2G connections account for the remaining 75%. - 3G device penetration stands at 6% and there are around 100,000 3G sites in India, as compared to 1 million 2G sites in the country. - 3G customers consume 4X data: On an average, 3G users consumed 397 MB data per month as of June 2012, four times higher than 2G users who have consumed 95 MB per month. In comparison, 3G users consumed 338 MB per month and 2G users consumed 86 MB per month, as of December 2011. - 3G traffic increased by…
