With 22.2 Mbps (megabits per second) average download speed, Reliance Jio topped the 4G download speed chart of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) for March. For Jio, it’s an improvement over 20.9 Mbps achieved in February.
Reliance Jio was the fastest 4G operator in 2018 with the highest average download speed all through the year and it continues to lead the charts in the first four months of 2019 as well.
Performance of Bharti Airtel dipped marginally in March to 9.3 Mbps from 9.4 Mbps in February, according to the data published by the telecom regulator.
Though Vodafone and Idea Cellular have merged and operate as Vodafone Idea, the TRAI published their network performance separately.
The reports of Jio offering fastest download speeds has ensured the telco keeps adding crores of users every month. Recently, Jio announced that it has crossed the 300 million users mark, while still lagging behind Vodafone Idea and Airtel, but not very far away.
The average speed is computed on the basis of data collected by the TRAI with the help of its MySpeed application on a real-time basis.
Average 4G download speed on Vodafone network improved marginally to 7 Mbps in March from 6.8 Mbps in February. Idea registered a marginal decline in average download speed from 5.7 Mbps in February to 5.6 Mbps in March.
Vodafone topped the average 4G upload speed chart in March with 6 Mbps, which is the same as February.
Idea and Airtel network registered a slight decline in average 4G upload speed at 5.5 Mbps and 3.6 Mbps, respectively, in March, while Jio witnessed improvement with 4.6 Mbps average upload speed.
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