Telcos report decrease in 4G speed in March: Trai

The work-from-home effect has led to a decline in 4G speeds across all the mobile operators in March. As per the data from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), Reliance Jio’s 4G download speed declined to 19.6 mbps in March from 21.5 mbps in February. The telco though remains on the top followed by Vodafone on the second spot with a speed of 6.7 mbps in March. Vodafone’s speed stood at 8 mbps in February. Airtel comes third with a download speed of 6.2 mbps compared to 8 mbps last month while Idea is slowest 4G operator with speed of 5.1 mbps in March against 6.3 mbps in February, data shared by Trai’s Myspeed app showed.

The lockdown across the country has been in place since March 25 but even before that most of the companies had asked employees to work from home. As a result of that, data usage, primarily mobile, has risen over by 20%. As a result of the increased usage, the speeds have dropped due to congestion in networks.