Jio tops 4G download speed chart; Vodafone Idea in upload in April: TRAI

Reliance Jio continues to lead in the average 4G download speed chart published by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) for the month of April.

Jio achieved 23.1 Mbps average download speed in the month of April, witnessing an improvement from 21.1Mbps in March this year.

Vodafone Idea, Airtel and BSNL network registered 17.7 Mbps, 14.1 Mbps and 5.9Mbps average download speed respectively in the month of April.

Airtel registered marginal improvement in average download speed from 13.7Mbps in the month of March. Performance of both Vodafone Idea and BSNL dipped in April.

Vodafone Idea topped the average 4G upload speed chart with 8.2Mbps in April.

Jio, Airtel and BSNL registered 7.6 Mbps, 6.1 Mbps and 5.0 Mbps average upload speed respectively in the same month.

The download speed helps consumers in accessing content from the internet, while upload speed helps them in sending or sharing pictures or video to their contacts.

The average speed is computed by TRAI based on data it collects with help of its MySpeed application on a real-time basis.