The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) recently published data of Independent Drive Tests (IDT) conducted in four cities including Jaipur (Rajasthan LSA), Delhi (Delhi LSA), Ahmednagar (Maharashtra LSA), and Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh LSA). This data is for between September to October 2024.
In these test, Reliance Jio emerged as the leader in providing the best download speeds, followed by Bharti Airtel on the second rank. Both these operators offer 5G to consumers with their 4G plans. Let's take a look at the data shared by TRAI.
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TRAI IDT Data for Jio, Airtel, Vi and BSNL
In the downloads department, Jio led during the period with 231.82 Mbps in New Delhi, followed by Airtel with 171.44 Mbps in second, and VIL (Vodafone Idea Limited) on the third with 14.45 Mbps. Since it's Delhi, there is MTNL (Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited) and it scored 3.71 Mbps. Even in the upload segment, Jio was the leadeer and Airtel was the second followed by Vi and MTNL.
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The same trend was there in the other three cities in different LSAs. Just in Hyderabad, Airtel was leading in the upload speeds while Jio was second. In the call settup success rate (CSSR), Jio performed well in three of the tested LSAs, but not in Delhi. For Delhi, Jio ranked the lowest amongst the private telecom operators.
Note that since this data is from three to four months back, the actual performance today could be very different. Reliance Jio has covered all of these LSAs with its 5G and so has Bharti Airtel. Vodafone Idea is working to launch 5G in the near future and is currently expanding 4G capacity and coveraege for users.
