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Thursday, 1 November 2018

Airtel offers highest 3G/4G download speeds, Idea leads in upload speeds: OpenSignal

According to OpenSignal November report, Airtel has recorded the highest download speeds in India for 3G and 4G combined at 7.53 Mbps where Reliance Jio, Vodafone, Idea, and BSNL recorded speeds of 5.47 Mbps, 5.20 Mbps, 4.92 Mbps, and 2.70 Mbps respectively.  The report states that Airtel saw a growth of 25% in the past 6 months to reach 7.5 MBPS download speed. When only taking the 4G download speeds into consideration, Airtel led still with 9.96 Mbps speed where Vodafone and Idea’s 4G download speeds were faster than Jio’s speed of 5.47 Mbps. Airtel bagged top position in 16 circles while drawing in two others. It has the highest score in Orissa at 9.88 Mbps, while it tied with Jio in Himachal Pradesh and with Idea in West Bengal. Elsewhere Vodafone emerged a leader in Gujarat, and Reliance-backed Jio came top in Jammu and Kashmir as well as in Uttar Pradesh (East). Jio's speed drew with Idea in Uttar Pradesh. In terms of upload speeds, 3G and 4G speed of Idea won with around 2.88Mbps speed which is 15% faster than its closest rival Vodafone in 3G and 30% faster in 4G. Vodafone, Airtel, Jio, and BSNL recorded overall upload speeds of 2.31 Mbps, 1.90 Mbps, 1.58 Mbps, and 0.76 ...