Jio tops 4G download speed chart in Jan: Trai

New Delhi: In the latest report by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), on 4G download speed for month of January 2019, Reliance Jio tops the chart again. As per the report published by the telecom regulatory, Jio achieved 18.8 Mbps average download speed in the month.

The telecom company is not only leading but also witnessed improvement against average download speed of 18.7 Mbps in December 2018. For the whole year, Reliance Jio remained fastest 4G operator with highest average download speed in all 12 months in 2018.

Meanwhile, Bharti Airtel has witnessed fall in average 4G download speed. Performance of Airtel dipped marginally in January 2019 to 9.5 Mbps from 9.8 Mbps in December 2018. During the same period, Vodafone had marginally improved its average 4G download speed to 6.7 Mbps in January 2019 from 6.3 Mbps in December 2018.

Like Airtel, Idea too witnessed dip from 6.0 Mbps average 4G download speed in December 2018 to 5.5 Mbps in January 2019. However, Idea continued to lead the average 4G upload speed chart with a speed of 5.8 Mbps in January 2019, with growth from 5.3 Mbps in December 2018.

Vodafone and Jio network registered improvement in average 4G upload speed at 5.4 Mbps and 4.4 Mbps respectively in January, while Airtel marginally declined in upload speed to 3.8 Mbps. Both Jio and Idea have been maintaining their leadership position in average 4G download speed and average 4G upload speed respectively for last several months.