According to network speed tracker Ookla’s latest finding, in Q4 2020 Jio is the fastest broadband network provider in India. Vodafone India (VI) has the fastest mean mobile download speeds during the same quarter. India is the fastest when it comes to fixed broadband connection among all SAARC countries.
The report also details the country’s 5G rollout roadmap, stating that Airtel‘s commercial 5G network is ready to roll out services once spectrum is allocated in late 2021 or early 2022. It even conducted successful trials in Hyderabad. Vi India will wait for the 5G spectrum auction in the 3.3 GHz – 3.6 GHz band and Jio has also been getting ready to roll out its home-grown O-RAN 5G network. The report however cautions that LTE and 5G technologies won’t be able to deliver the ultra-fast speeds and low latency promised by the emerging technologies if sufficient wireless spectrum is not made available.