India's internet traffic in 2020 will be equal to a million DVDs per hour

In the 11th Visual Networking Index report, Cisco has shared that the IP traffic in India will grow four-fold in 2020, with video being the main trigger and almost 69 percent of all networked devices will be mobile-connected in 2020. In India, smartphones will account for 37 percent (702.1 million) of all networked devices in 2020, compared to 18 percent (239.4 million) in 2015. It also states that the average mobile connection speed will grow three-fold from 2015 to 2020, reaching 3 Mbps in 2020. The report mentions that the demand for higher video resolutions‚ more bandwidth and processing speed will increase the use of internet to 6 fold in 2020 with a growth of 45 percent. Another growth area will be in machine-to-machine (M2M) communication‚ which is expected to grow 12-fold ‚ accounting to 63 percent in mobile data traffic. Globally, total public Wi-Fi hotspots (including home spots) will grow 7X from 2015 (64 million) to 2020 (432 million) and home spots will grow from 57 million (2015) to 423 million (2020). People will have 26.3 billion networked devices by 2020 and globally smartphones will account to 21 percent (5.6 billion) of all networked devices compared to 19 percent (3.0 billion) in 2015 Key India findings: Indian internet traffic in 2020 will be equivalent to 249x the volume of the entire Indian internet in 2005, finds the report. IP traffic will grow 4-fold from 2015 to 2020, a compound annual growth of 33 percent. It adds that IP traffic will reach 5.6 Exabytes per month in 2020, up from 1.4 Exabytes per month in 2015. The busy hour internet traffic will grow 7.2-fold from 2015 to 2020, a compound annual growth rate of 48 percent and will reach 4.1 Exabytes per month in 2020, up from 946 Petabytes per month in 2015. The report also shares that Internet traffic in 2020 will be equivalent to 12 billion DVDs per year, 1 billion DVDs per month, or 1 million DVDs per hour - that’s 249x the volume of the entire Indian Internet in 2005. Some more findings around mobile data in India: - Mobile data traffic will reach 1. 7 Exabytes per month in 2020, up from 149 Petabytes per month in 2015 - Mobile data traffic in 2020 will be equivalent to 77x the volume of the entire Indian Internet in 2005 - Mobile was 15.7 percent of total Internet traffic in 2015, and will be 41.7 percent of total Internet traffic in 2020 Cisco also sees video push traffic immensely. Key findings in that domain: - IP video traffic will grow 5-fold from 2015 to 2020, a compound annual growth rate of 40 percent - IP video will be 81 percent of all IP traffic in 2020, up from 63 percent in 2015 - Consumer IP video traffic will be 83 percent of consumer IP traffic in 2020, up from 68 percent in 2015 - Business IP video traffic will be 66 percent of business IP traffic in 2020, up from 37 percent in 2015 - HD will be 49.8 percent of IP Video traffic in 2020, up from 19.3 percent in 2015 (68.8 percent CAGR) - Internet video traffic will grow 6-fold from 2015 to 2020, a compound annual growth rate of 45 percent - Internet video traffic (business and consumer, combined) will be 75 percent of all Internet traffic in 2020, up from 51 percent in 2015 - Consumer Internet video traffic will be 76 percent of consumer Internet traffic in 2020, up from 53 percent in 2015 - Business Internet video traffic will be 66 percent of business Internet traffic in 2020, up from 39 percent in 2015 - Internet-Video-To-TV traffic will increase 7-fold between 2015 and 2020 (46.4 percent CAGR) - HD will be 62.0 percent of Internet video traffic in 2020, up from 26.8 percent in 2015 (71.5 percent CAGR) Key findings around networked devices in India: - There will be 1.9 billion networked devices in 2020, up from 1.3 billion in 2015 - PCs will account for 2 percent (43.8 million) of all networked devices in 2020, compared to 3 percent (44.5 million) in 2015, (-0.3 percent CAGR) - Tablets will account for 2 percent (44.0 million) of all networked devices in 2020, compared to 1 percent (12.1 million) in 2015, (29.4 percent CAGR) - Portable devices such as smartphones and tablets accounted for 17 percent of IP traffic in 2015, and will be 48 percent of IP traffic in 2020 - 4K TVs will account for 18 percent (9.5 million) of all flat panel TVs in 2020, compared to 2.1 percent (246,025) in 2015, (107.6 percent CAGR) - 69 percent of all networked devices will be mobile-connected in 2020 Talking about internet speeds, the report finds: - The average fixed broadband speed will grow 2.5-fold from 2015 to 2020, from 5.1 Mbps to 12.9 Mbps - The average Wi-Fi speeds from mobile devices will grow 2.2-fold from 2015 to 2020, from 3.3 Mbps to 7 Mbps. The report also reveals that the average Internet user will generate 6.1 gigabytes per month in 2015, up 21 percent from 5.0 gigabytes per month in 2014. There will be 572,934 households (2.0 percent of all Internet households) generating more than 500 gigabytes per month in 2020.