The Country with the Most Wasteful Cell Phone Users on Internet Packages, Is Indonesia Also Joining?
Ericsson has just published the results of its report on the use of smartphone devices in June 2022. The report is entitled ‘Ericsson Mobility Report June 2022‘. Ericsson also revealed which countries were the most wasteful in using mobile internet data packages throughout 2022.
The most wasteful countries using internet data packages are India. Smartphone users in this country are considered the most greedy in using their internet data quota, because they spend an average of up to 9.8 GB of internet data quota. mobile every month last year. India here includes parts of Nepal and Bhutan.
With the increase in LTE networks, operators’ lucrative data offerings have had an impact on data usage in India, Ericsson wrote in its report.
As Dafunda Tekno quoted from Android Authority, the high data usage in India is of course supported by cheap internet data package prices there.
Countries with the Most Wasteful Internet Data Package Usage
Reliace Jio is one of the cellular operators that offers cheap internet data packages there, which is around 149 rupees IDR 30,000’s for 1.5 GB and the active period is 28 days.
Ericsson also predicts that in 2024 users can spend internet data packages reaching 18 GB/month.
If in Southeast Asia, smartphone users only consume an average of 3.6 GB per month in 2022. Then it is predicted to increase to 17 GB per month in 2024.
Meanwhile, in North America, according to Ericsson, there will be a spike in 2024. If in 2022 North America only consumes an average data plan of 7 GB per month, it will increase to 39 GB on average per month in 2024.
This increase is influenced by the strengthening of the economy, the availability of a faster 5G network and increasingly innovative content and applications.
