epa04611520 Indian students browse the internet with their smartphone in Calcutta, India, 09 February 2015. Calcutta, capital of West Bengal, has become India's first fully WiFi-enabled metro city. Indian telecom company Reliance JIO is reportedly providing the services.The WiFi services will be initially free of charge. New Delhi, the capital of India, is also on its way to develop this facility soon. EPA/PIYAL ADHIKARY
A recent study says that college students in India check their mobile phone more than 150 times daily. The study was conducted by Aligarh Muslim University and the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR).
The research, called 'Smartphone Dependency, Hedonism and Purchase Behaviour: Implications for Digital India Initiatives', was conducted in 20 central universities, and from each university, 200 students were interviewed.
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