New Delhi, April 2 -- India has witnessed a massive increase in broadband subscribers, growing from 66 crore to 94.49 crore, while the per capita average monthly wireless data consumption has also seen a sharp rise, doubling from 10 GB to 21.10 GB, the government said on Wednesday.

The speed of mobile broadband has improved significantly as well. According to Ookla's Speedtest Global Index, the median mobile broadband download speed surged from 10.71 Mbps in 2019 to 144.33 Mbps in February 2025. Highlighting the country's rapid progress in digital infrastructure, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, Jitin Prasada, said in Lok Sabha that the fixed broadband download speeds have increased from 29.25 Mbps to 61.66 M...