A recent report says that Internet users in India are set to double by the year 2021 from 373 million (in 2016) to 829 million. It means about 59% of the population will have access to Internet by then. Consequently, the number of devices will increase from 1.4 billion to 2 billion.
The Internet protocol traffic is poised to grow 4 times by 2021 at a compounded growth rate of 30% a year, according to the Visual Networking Index (VNI) Complete Forecast.
Sanjay Kaul, MD, Service Provider Business, CISCO India SAARC says, “Combining device capabilities with faster, higher bandwidth and more intelligent networks is leading to wide adoption of high bandwidth data, video and advanced multimedia applications that contribute to increased mobile and Wi-Fi traffic.”
“The need for optimized bandwidth management, network automation, end to end security and ultimately network monetization through cost efficient data production is fueling the growth of network automation, mass market 4G deployments and adoption, soon to be followed with 4.5G and 5G,” he further added.
The report further states that out of the total 2 billion devices, mobile to mobile (M2M) connections will be 22% and connections will represent 5% of total IP traffic by 2021.
This incremental growth will be driven by advancements in IoT applications like smart meters, package tracking, digital health monitors and an array of other next-generation M2M services.
The report says that the IP traffic and overall growth of Internet traffic will be dominated by video which will account for 76% of all Internet traffic in 2021, which was 57% in 2016.
The report also points out that by 2021, the Internet video minutes per month will touch 84 billion which stands for one hundred and sixty thousand years of video per month, which in other words, about thirty two thousand video minutes every second.
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Report Source: gadgetsnow.com