4G will be the primary data in 2017

Reliance Jio infocomm rolled out free 4G and since then most of the Indians have been using 4G. Adoption of 4G technology in India is likely to grow strongly to become the predominant data network in the next 12 months, according to a study conducted by Deloitte.

In the survey, about 45% respondents feel that they will upgrade to 4G or LTE (Long-term evolution) over next 12 months while 59% said they were using mobile network to connect to the Internet, the study said.

"In the post-demonetisation era, where we are expected to rely more on digital platforms for our commercial transactions, it is observed that more people will be upgrading from feature phones to smartphones in future,” Neeraj Jain, partner at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP, said in a statement.

"With Internet becoming cheaper and higher mobile data penetration, consumers are becoming extremely data hungry. Thus, usage of smartphone is only expected to grow from here onwards,, he added.

The study also showed that 54% of smartphone users check bank balances, 54% pay utility bills and 53% pay services bill using smartphones. About 38% of the respondents said they use their smartphones to transfer money within the country while 31% said they use it send money abroad.

However, there were 29% of the respondents that they are afraid of cyber attacks associated with online transactions. While 19% of the respondents said they do not find online transactions beneficial, 15% said they rather prefer gaining credit card rewards.

The Deloitte Global Mobile Consumer Survey, 2016, analyses the mobile usage habits of over 2,000 Indian consumers as part of a global survey of 53,000 respondents across five continents and 31countries. India data comprises of representatives from eight urban cities with Internet access and adults between ages 18 and 54.