Bharti Airtel ahead of Reliance Jio in 3G, 4G download speeds, says report report

NEW DELHI: The telecom operators have  no inclination to quiet down as rivalry proceeds to intensify. In another finding by Open Signal, the most current contestant in the telecom industry Reliance Jio Infocomm, managed by India’s wealthiest man Mukesh Ambani has lost the top most position in the 3G, 4G and overall download speeds.

Sunil Mittal’s Bharti Airtel, has topped the charts in the 3G, 4G and overall download speeds. Jio remained the nearest contender in overall speed because of its high level of 4G access, the report noted. Jio conveyed a “typical everyday download speeds of 5.1 Mbps in the tests, contrasted with Airtel’s 6 Mbps”.

Regarding 4G availability, Jio still rules  “beating each of the three (Idea, Airtel and Vodafone) by at least 27% points,” Open Signal said. LTE (Long Term Evolution) signal on Jio’s network remains at 96.4% up from 95.6% in October a year ago, the report additionally  stated.

On the other hand, the report additionally said that Vodafone stayed at the top position in network performance: latency (3G and 4G). The operator has the quickest reaction time on HSPA (High Speed Packet Access) and LTE connections.

The Open Signal discovering highlights that the operators are still stressing on developing LTE’s reach instead of infusing more speed into their 4G services. It stated that the majority of the nation’s major 4G providers have now crossed the 65% LTE availability edge, and two of them (Idea and Vodafone) are presently nearing the 70% mark.”In terms of 4G reach, Airtel showed by far the best improvement , boosting its 4G availability by more than 9% to 66.8%,” the report moreover said.

The Open Signal discoveries additionally said “that the mobile market is experiencing seismic M&A (merger and acquisition) shifts, which could straight forwardly lead to much higher capacity, and hence faster, 4G networks.