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Mukesh Ambani's Jio or Sunil Mittal's Airtel: Who offers faster internet speed, better 5G coverage? Reports reveals stunning details
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Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, two of India's largest telecom service providers owned by billionaires Mukesh Ambani and Sunil Mittal, respectively, have been competitors since Jio arrived on the scene in 2016 and turned the telecom market upside down due to its aggressive pricing policies that forced out several private players.
However, in 2025, both Jio and Airtel are peer competitors, who are evenly matched in various aspects despite the former boasting a larger subscriber base. But who among the two telecom giants provides faster internet services and better 5G coverage? Let us find out. Jio or Airtel– Who's has better download/upload speeds?
According to the latest report by Opensignal– and independent analytics firm that specializes in quantifying the mobile-network experience– while Mukesh Ambani-led Jio has overtaken Airtel in several major categories, including having a larger subscriber base, the latter is still considered to provided a better overall experience to its users.
In terms of internet speed, Jio is way ahead of its competitors, clocking a whopping 106.3Mbps average download speed, while the average speed achieved by Airtel is just 58.3Mbps, followed Vi at 21.8Mbps, and state-owned BSNL with an abysmal 7.3Mbps, the report revealed.
As per the June 2025 report Opensignal, Jio's download speed has increased by 17Mbps, while Airtel has improved its speed by 14Mbps as both providers compete to provide better internet speeds to their users.
Apart from providing blazing fast download speeds, Jio has also vastly improved its average upload speed, clocking at 9.1Mbps, a slight increase from 9.0Mbps on an Airtel network. Jio has awarded the Upload Speed Experience Award for improving its upload speed, which has increased by 2.7Mbps, compared to Airtel's 2.1Mbps. Airtel beats Jio in better 5G experience
Despite having a smaller network and lower speeds, Airtel still provides a better 5G Video Experience, Gaming Experience, Live Video Experience in both download and upload categories, according to the report. The average download speeds on Airtel's 5G network was clocked at a blazing 212Mbps, and despite witnessing a 28Mbps compared to the previous report, its still around 8Mbps faster than Jio, the report added. Jio holds edge in network coverage, availability
Thanks to its gigantic and ever-expanding 5G infrastructure, Mukesh Ambani-led Jio outshines Sunil Mittal-owned Airtel in 5G network coverage and stability, topping categories like 5G Availability, Consistent Quality and Reliability Experience. Jio scores an overwhelming 71.8 percent on the 5G Availability, which is 42 percentage points more than Airtel.
Additionally, Jio is also giving Airtel a run for its money in video streaming experience, reducing the gap to a mere 0.3 points, indicating that the telecom giant has vastly improved on this key metric
