Jio did it again... Retains Crown as Top Download Speed Provider

Since its launch in 2016, Jio has shown a tremendous performance when it comes to the download speed. The values are out of the chart in comparison with its competitors. Other telcos have failed to come anywhere near to the values in this section, however Jio has few pitfalls too like the performance in upload speed and remote and rural connectivity.

As per the latest statistics by TRAI, Jio has retained its crown as undisputed leader in the arena of high download speeds. Jio has registered a top download speed of 20.9 mbps which is a significant improvement from previous record of 18.8 mbps.

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Second is position is Bharti Airtel with its speed of 9.4 mbps as against 9.5 mbps in previous month. Vodafone has taken third position with a constant download speed of 6.7Mbps. Idea Cellular has performed the worst among India’s top four operators, but has shown marginal improvement by increasing its speed from 5.5Mbps in January to 5.7Mbps in February.

In terms of upload speeds, Vodafone has tops the chart with 6 mbps where as its partner company Idea has clocked a upload speed of 5.8 mbps which is a decline from previous month results of 5.8 mbps. Reliance Jio has remained third in the upload speeds chart, continuing its trend of marginal increase over the past three months to improve from 4.4Mbps in January, to 4.5Mbps in February. Bharti Airtel, on the other hand, has continued its trend of marginal decline over the past three months, to post 3.7Mbps monthly average upload speeds in February, down from 3.8Mbps in January.

While one can notice few marginal changes in the performance of various telcos, they are not too sharp. This indicates a slow progress on part of telcos to improve the performances. One more interesting observation is the declining performance of certain operators from previous months which needs to be matter of concern for our country. The factors which are influencing these negative changes are or could be controlled? If yes, then it is right time for the various operators to look into showing a continual improvement as the competition is becoming extremely aggressive.