Trai says Reliance Jio 4G data is slowest, telco says no it’s not

Reliance Jio’s network may have become the largest network in terms of data carried globally but its data speeds continue to plunge and now are slower than speeds offered by top telcos- Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Idea Cellular and RCom.

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According to data published on Trai’s analytics website, 4G speed on Reliance Jio’s network is offering was an average 6.2 mbps, slower than speeds offered by Airtel, Idea Cellular and Vodafone. Bharti Airtel’s 4G speeds are fastest at 11.4 megabits per second (mbps), followed by Anil Ambani’s Reliance Communications’ at 7.9 mbps, Idea’s at 7.6 mbps, and Vodafone’s at 7.3 mbps. Jio.

The finding was, however, contested by the country’s newest telecom operator, which is owned by Reliance Industries Limited. In a statement, Jio said that it performed an internal analysis of the findings showed by Trai’s website. “Based on this analysis, we believe that the comparison of Jio speeds with other operators has an inherent bias against Jio data usage,” it said.

The telco claimed that the data speed on its network was being measured after consumers exhaust the daily fair usage policy (FUP) limit of 4GB data download per user. Speed after this limit falls to 256 kbps.

“This limit has been setup with the express intention of preventing heavy data users from degrading the experience of other users,” it further explained, adding that before this FUP limit is reached, Jio customers enjoy unmatched 4G LTE speeds on the Jio network.

Jio said that it has historically observed that a disproportionate number of speed tests are performed once the FUP comes into effect.