Summary
Right now, about 550 million people are using it.
The country also wants to be the first to make the next super fast internet.
New phones and internet are becoming cheaper for families.
Key Points
5 points1
Goal: 1,000,000,000 users of fifth generation mobile internet by 2030.
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Current users: 550,000,000.
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India plans to lead the world with sixth generation mobile internet.
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Internet data now costs only a few Indian rupees per gigabyte.
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Digital payments in India are the most in the world.
New Words to Learn
8 wordsfifth generation mobile internet
the newest kind of phone internet that is very fast
sixth generation mobile internet
the next even faster kind of phone internet that is still being created
Indian rupees
the money used in India
gigabyte
a large amount of digital data, like many pictures or videos
International Telecommunication Union
a global group that helps countries agree on phone and internet rules
World Telecommunication Standardisation Assembly
a big meeting where countries decide how phone and internet technology should work
Unified Payments Interface
a system that lets people send money using their phones
BharatNet programme
a government plan to bring internet to villages in India
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