Bharti Airtel Fastest Mobile Broadband Network, Reliance Jio Fiber’s Mean Download Speeds Grew By 120.1 Per Cent: Ookla

Internet testing and analysis company Ookla has crowned Bharti Airtel as the fastest mobile broadband network and Reliance Jio as the slowest during the period between August 2018 and July 2019, the Telecom Talk reports.

“Speedtest results show that mobile download speeds in India improved on average for all the top mobile operators throughout August 2018 to July 2019, with Airtel holding the title of fastest operator throughout these 12 months,” the report said.

However, in the fixed broadband sector, Reliance’s recently launched broadband service- Jio Fiber witnessed the largest rise. “Jio saw the largest increase in mean download speed over fixed broadband among top providers during the past 12 months with a 120.1% increase,” the report said.

State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) boosted by 74.2 per cent, GTPL 32.1 per cent, Airtel 23.8 per cent, YOU Broadband 13.9 per cent, and ACT Fibernet 12 per cent. With an average download speed of 30.72 Mbps and upload speed of 27.80 Mbps among all providers in the country, India moved to the 70 spot in the fixed broadband segment.