Apr 03, 2017

Jio records highest download speed for February at 16.487 mbps: TRAI data

BYPankaj Mishra

The new entrant in the telecom sector, Reliance Jio, recorded the highest download speed among its competitors including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular, data released by the telecom regulator revealed.
According to the monthly average mobile speed data revealed by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) for February, Jio’s 4G average download speed was at 16.487 mbps.
After Jio, Idea Cellular clocked a speed of 12.092 mbps, followed by Airtel at 10.439 mbps and Vodafone India at 7.933 mbps.
Jio also scored highest speed in February when all technologies (3G and 4G) are taken together. Against its 16.487 mbps speed, Idea clocked at 8.331 mbps, Airtel at 7.665 mbps and Vodafone at 5.662 mbps.

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Pankaj Mishra is a writer of FactorDaily.