According to a recent report by Tutela, in the latest mobile experience snapshot for India, Airtel won in four of the five metrics tested including the highest excellent consistent quality and fastest median download speeds, while Vodafone Idea had the fastest median upload speeds in the country.
Further, the report added that, in common coverage areas across India, Airtel had the highest excellent consistent quality with 55.4 per cent of connections having a network experience suitable for use-cases like 1080p video streaming, real-time mobile gaming or HD video calling. With a difference in performance of 6.9 per cent, Vodafone Idea was in second place, followed by Reliance Jio with an excellent consistent quality of 45.1 per cent. The operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) mobile had the lowest excellent consistent quality in India at only 14.0 per cent, 41.4 per cent difference between first place Airtel and BSNL.
No operator in common coverage areas across India reached the 90 per cent threshold for Core Consistent Quality, representing connections with a network experience suitable for use-cases like SD video streaming, social media sharing and web browsing. However, Airtel had the highest Core Consistent Quality at 83.0 per cent, followed by Jio at 77.9 per cent, and Vodafone Idea at 73.8 per cent. BSNL Mobile had the lowest Core Consistent Quality at 48.5 per cent, 34.5 per cent difference between the operator and first place Airtel, the report said.
In common coverage areas across India, Airtel had the fastest median download speed at 10.0 Mbps, however there was strong competition from Vodafone Idea with a median download speed of 9.4 Mbps. Jio was in third place with a median download speed of 6.5 Mbps, followed by BSNL Mobile at 2.8 Mbps, 7.2 Mbps slower than Airtel.
According to the report, for upload speeds, Vodafone Idea took first place with a median speed of 5.1 Mbps, followed by Airtel at 4.2 Mbps, Jio with 3.4 Mbps, and BSNL Mobile in fourth place with a median upload speed of 1.7 Mbps, 3.4 Mbps slower than Vodafone Idea.
Further, the report added that in the latency test, there was strong competition between Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Jio: Airtel had the most responsive network in Common Coverage Areas across India with 24.0 ms, however only 4.5 ms separated third place Jio from that top spot and only 2.5 ms difference between Airtel and Vodafone Idea. BSNL Mobile had the least responsive network at 49.1 ms, a difference in performance of 25.1 ms.
Commenting on the development, Randeep Sekhon, CTO, Bharti Airtel, said “”We are obsessed with delivering the best network experience to our customers. And these findings are a validation of our consistent efforts to remain ahead of the curve when it comes to network innovation and technology”.
Report’s findings for India are based on 615 billion network quality measurements including 62.9 million speed tests between August 2020 and October 2020.
