Reliance Jio tops 4G speed in August: TRAI

Reliance Jio continued to maintain its lead in 4G mobile broadband chart with an average download speed of 21.3 megabit per second (mbps) in August, according to the latest report published by telecom regulator TRAI.

Vodafone, however, maintained lead in terms of upload with 5.5 mbps speed.

The download speed helps users access video online and messages received by them, among others, while upload speed helps users send photo, video and other documents to people online.

Airtel followed Jio with an average download speed of 8.2 mbps, and was followed by Vodafone (7.7 mbps) and Idea Cellular (6.1 mbps) in August.