“India accounted for the most net additions during the quarter (+7 million), followed by China (+5 million) and the US (+3 million),” the report said.
According to the report, India’s mobile subscriber base grew by about 7 million to 1,125 million in the second quarter of 2023.
China’s mobile subscriber base grew by five million to 1,695 million.
5G subscriptions during the June 2023 quarter grew by 175 million during the quarter, taking the total base close to 1.3 billion. “Around 260 communications service providers have launched commercial 5G services and around 35 have deployed or launched 5G standalone (SA) networks,” the report said. Globally, the mobile subscription penetration was 105 per cent and the number of unique mobile subscribers stood at 6.1 billion during the quarter. The mobile broadband subscribers base grew by 5 per cent on a year-on-year basis to about 100 million in the quarter, totalling 7.4 billion.
“Mobile broadband now accounts for 88 per cent of all mobile subscriptions,” the report said.
