India’s Mobile Speeds Increased by 115% Post 5G: Ookla

4G LTE Speeds and 5G Speeds

Deployment of 5G Networks has also lessened the strain on 4G LTE Networks, improving 4G Speeds.

Download Speeds:

For example, the median 5G download speed of 338.12 Mbps is 25 times faster than the median 4G LTE download speed of 13.30 Mbps.

Upload Speeds:

Similarly, the median 5G upload speed of 19.65 Mbps is 4.5 times faster than the median 4G LTE upload speed of 3.55 Mbps.

According to Ookla’s insight report, both Airtel and Jio have witnessed improvements in LTE speeds in various cities by offloading 4G traffic onto their 5G network, reducing congestion in their 4G networks.

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Speeds Experienced by Early 5G Adopters

In January 2023, according to the Ookla insight report, Jio and Airtel’s 5G performance was compared, with Jio’s early adopters experiencing download speeds ranging from a median of 246.49 Mbps in Himachal Pradesh to 506.25 Mbps in Kolkata. On the other hand, Airtel’s early adopters experienced download speeds ranging from a median of 78.13 Mbps in Kolkata to 268.89 Mbps in Delhi. But there is yet to be an official 5G Launch by Airtel in Kolkata.

Subscriber Churn

According to the report, the churn pattern of Speedtest users from January to December 2022 revealed that Vi India experienced a continuous loss of users, which further increased after the launch of 5G. As a result, most of Vi’s customers have migrated to Jio (1.88%) and Airtel (1.32%). Jio, in turn, gained approximately 1.3% of customers from Airtel and Vi India. Meanwhile, Airtel lost 0.53% to Jio but gained 0.63% from Vi during the same period.

The availability of 5G has grown significantly, increasing 55-fold. Airtel and Jio have set ambitious targets for the rollout of their 5G networks. Since the introduction of 5G, the availability of 5G networks on 5G-capable devices has steadily risen, with Airtel now at 8.0% and Jio at 5.1%.