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  "description": "Mobile data prices fell 97 percent over 10 years, dropping from $3 per gigabyte to nine cents",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-07T17:01:08.000Z",
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  "textContent": "BARCELONA, March 7, 2026 — India has executed one of the fastest 5G expansions in the world, its communications minister said Tuesday at Mobile World Congress, describing a decade of connectivity investment that has reshaped how more than a billion people access the internet.\n\n**Jyotiraditya Scindia** , India's minister of communications for the northeastern region, said the country deployed 500,000 base stations at a cost of $4 billion, covering 99.9 percent of its districts.\n\nSome 400 million of India's 1.2 billion mobile subscribers are already on 5G networks, a figure he projected would surpass 1 billion by 2030, he said.\n\n### This post is for subscribers only\n\nBecome a member to get access to all content\n\nSubscribe now",
  "title": "Indian Minister Said Country Grew Broadband Subscribers From 60 Million to 1 Billion in a Decade",
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