Reliance Jio informed about its ability to maintain its leadership in 4G segment with average download speed of 20.7 megabit per second. And Vodafone Idea topped the chart in upload segment with 6.7 mbps data speed in May. These details were published in the latest data published by the telecom regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.
The speed of Reliance Jio 4G network marginally increased but it is still more than three times higher than that of the nearest competitor Vodafone Idea and it showed an average download speed of 6.3 mbps. This is the first time when the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has clubbed the network speeds of Vodafone and Idea after their merger in August 2018. Airtel had the lowest average speed of 4.7 mbps according to the data published by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on the 8th of June.
The download speed helps consumers in accessing content from the internet, while upload speed helps them in sending or sharing pictures or video to their contacts or anyone else online. According to TRAI , Vodafone Idea had an average upload speed of 6.3 mbps in May. It was followed by Reliance Jio with an upload speed of 4.2 mbps and Bharti Airtel with 3.6 mbps. The state owned telecom operator BSNL has rolled out 4G service in select areas but its network speed did not figure in the TRAI chart. The average speed is computed by TRAI based on the data it collects across India with the help of its MySpeed application on a real-time basis.
