Airtel best in terms of 4G download speed, Reliance Jio leads in availability

When it comes to fourth-generation (4G) download speeds, Bharti Airtel continues to lead whereas in terms of 4G availability, Reliance Jio takes the award, said a report by Opensignal, a UK-based mobile services analytics firm.

Opensignal said Airtel has a score of 10.7 megabit per second (Mbps) in terms of 4G download speed, followed by Vodafone with 9.7 Mbps and Idea at 9.2 Mbps. Jio’s score stood at 6.7 Mbps. Interestingly, Jio always tops in terms of download speed as per monthly data shared by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai). However, it can’t be compared as the methodologies adopted by Opensignal and Trai are different.

In terms of 4G availability, Jio once again stood out with an exemplary score of 97.8%. “This means that our users, on average, were connected to 4G services on Jio’s network 97.8% of the time.