- China and India are the top two telecom markets by customer base: China is the largest telecom market, with 1,781 million wireless customers as of 2022. India follows with 1,143 million wireless customers as of 2022. India has emerged as one of the five fastest-growing wireless telecom markets, with its customer base clocking 2.9% CAGR between calendar years 2013 and 2022. However, at 82.6 as of 2022, India’s wireless customers per 100 people is the lowest among the top five wireless markets as well as among emerging markets, indicating potential for further growth
- Mobile data traffic has increased exponentially in the last 10 years: Growth in the digital economy has encouraged people to rely more on digital applications for commonplace activities, leading to rise in mobile users and data consumption. Overall mobile customers' growth has been in the range of 2-4% CAGR across regions during the last ten years. However, growth was higher during the pandemic. Global mobile traffic per customer increased from 0.6 GB/customer/month in 2013 to 21.0 GB/customer/month in 2023, logging 35x growth in data consumption.