4G reaching rural areas will be good for broadband growth in India, says Nokia

Nokia has said the reach of 4G LTE technology to rural parts of India will result in a rise in the demand of broadband in India.

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As per Nokia's annual Mobile Broadband Index study, with the expansion of 4G and 3G networks in rural areas, there would be more importance of regional and vernacular content as compared to earlier.

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It also said that usage of data will increase even more with technologies like the Internet-of-things (IoT) and development of smart cities.

"India is on the cusp of a formidable growth in mobile broadband technologies. Network expansion of 4G and 3G and a corresponding drop in prices of devices is fueling the growth of mobile broadband in the country," said Sanjay Malik, head of India market at Nokia.

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