covid-19 pandemic brought sector after sector to their knees across countries, and India was no exception. But one industry—telecom—saw growth globally.In India, too, data consumption surged to a new record of over 11GB per user per month, a 25-30% rise fast forwarding usage by four to five years.Dependency on mobile broadband increased manifold as millions logged in from home—for work, education, entertainment and other services—exposing gaps in wireless networks.Also Read | The march of 2020 in 10 key long readsAnd with this, India’s telecom space shifted focus to fixed-line broadband services, a technology that has existed for years but gained traction only in 2020.Telecom operators, industry bodies and the government started pushing for.