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Mukesh Ambani and Sunil Mittal (File)
The June 2025 Mobile Network Experience Report by Opensignal reveals shifts in customer mobile connectivity performance in India. In which Jio and Airtel are again top performers in different metrics for telecom. As mobile users are increasing in the country the competition between India's telecom giants is taking new turns.
Airtel is leading ahead of Jio in 5G Download Speed but both operators saw a slight dip in their 5G speed metrics. It was due to higher users which impacted network capacity. At the same time Mukesh Ambani led Jio is ahead of Airtel in Upload Speed of 9.1 Mbps which is higher than Airtel's 9 Mbps.
Reliance Jio has improved by 2.7 Mbps since the last report shows major network enhancement done by Jio when the demands for video calls, social sharing, and cloud-based applications is high.
In Download Speed Experience also, Jio is in the leading position. It became the first operator in India to cross the 100 Mbps in Opensignal's reporting history. Airtel's 5G Speed
Airtel was leading in all five 5G-specific categories of 5G Video Experience, 5G Live Video Experience, 5G Games Experience, and also in 5G Download and Upload Speed.
At the same time, Jio is trying to reduce the gap and made all the improvements in all 5G metrics except for 5G Download Speed. Airtel VS Jio 5G Internet Speed
Airtel India customers are experiencing 5G download speed of 212 Mbps on their 5G smartphones. Whereas, Jio customers are experiencing 5G download speed of 204 Mbps. Airtel customers are experiencing 5G upload speed of 22.6 Mbps. Airtel customers are experiencing 5G upload speed of 15.1 Mbps.
In the case of Video Experience, Airtel is narrowly leading Jio which is just 0.3 points behind on the 100-point scale. Both players made major improvement, with around four-point gains. BSNL is still trailing with the largest improvement of a 15-point jump.
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