Bharti Airtel Closes in on Jio With an Impressive 89.2% 4G Network Availability: OpenSignal

Reliance Jio managed to beat other networks in the Latency Experience department. According to the new OpenSignal report, Reliance Jio users enjoyed the fastest network response time of 54.2 milliseconds. Airtel missed the top spot by a difference of 3ms, whereas Vodafone and Idea achieved scores of 64.2 and 74.5ms respectively. BSNL received the slowest Latency Experience of 80.6ms.

Vodafone Offers the Best VoIP Calling Experience

In this new report, OpenSignal has introduced a new category called ‘Voice App Experience,’ which basically tests the voice calling experience in VoIP apps like WhatsApp, Skype, Google Duo and Facebook Messenger. According to OpenSignal, these VoIP apps are changing the way billions of people communicate with each around the world. And the performance of these apps certainly contributes to customer’s overall satisfaction with their network provider.

OpenSignal tested Voice App Experience across 80 countries and India ranked in the lower part of the chart with a poor rating, something that’s expected considering the very less 4G availability of Vodafone Idea and the lack of entire 4G services from BSNL. The report says Vodafone users enjoy the best Voice App Experience with a score of 72.6 points out of 100. While the score is on the lower end of the spectrum compared to other markets, it’s the best score achieved by a telecom operator in India. Idea, Airtel, and Jio also lined up in the same bracket, with scores of 72.3, 72.0 and 70.9 points respectively. A Poor rating signifies that many users were dissatisfied and suffered call quality impairments accompanied by distortions. BSNL was the only operator to land a Very Poor rating, with a score of 61.6 points.

As mentioned, this new report from OpenSignal is for the period between June 1, 2019, to August 29, 2019. The next report from the company will come out sometime in the latter half of December.