Airtel Beats Jio and BSNL to Offer India’s Fastest Broadband Speeds: Report
Bharti Airtel has become the broadband service provider in India when it comes to internet performance. It beat Reliance Jio and the government-owned BSNL in areas. A new report from a company called Opensignal, which came out on Wednesday said that Airtel was first, in all five fixed broadband experience measures that were looked at in the study.
The report looks at how Indias main internet service providers do when it comes to home broadband connections. This covers things, like how reliable the broadband’s how good the broadband quality is all the time how fast the downloads are, how fast the uploads are and how good it feels to watch videos online.
Airtel leads in all five broadband categories
According to Opensignal Airtel gave the overall broadband experience of the three main providers. Airtel scored 486 points for broadband reliability, on Opensignals 100–1000 scale, well ahead of Reliance Jio, which scored 423 points.
Airtel maintained its lead in download. Upload speeds offering performance that was around 26 to 27 per cent faster than Jio. The results show Airtel has an advantage in giving a connection for everyday activities such, as video streaming, online gaming, video calls and downloading large files.
BSNL also showed a performance in speed. The government-owned telecom operator came close behind Airtel. The gap was 0.5 Mbps in download speeds and 0.8 Mbps, in upload speeds. BSNL did well in this area.
Airtel leads in 5G-based home internet services
The competition between Airtel and Jio is equally strong in the Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) segment. This category covers 5G-powered home broadband services that provide internet connectivity through plug-and-play devices, including Airtel Xstream AirFiber and JioAirFiber.
Here too, Airtel secured the top position in Opensignal’s assessment.
The report showed that Airtel had download speeds of 32.4 Mbps. Jio on the hand had lower download speeds at 25.7 Mbps. When it came to upload speeds, Airtel again performed better with an average of 20.7 Mbps. Jio’s upload speeds were 17.1 Mbps. So, Airtel delivered speeds, in both download and upload compared to Jio.
The difference was visible in reliability and connection quality as well. Airtel scored 450 points in FWA reliability, significantly higher than Jio’s 382 points.
For quality Airtel got 66.2 percent while Jio had 55.0 percent. This number shows how often a network can handle activities like HD video streaming without problems. Airtel had 66.2 percent while Jio had 55.0 percent. This number shows how often a network can handle activities, like HD video streaming without problems.
Jio continues to lead in subscriber numbers
Even though Airtel offers broadband quality and fast speeds Reliance Jio still leads the wired broadband market, in India when it comes to the number of subscribers.
According to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India data for August 2026 Jio had 14.8 million subscribers. Jio had 14.8 million subscribers. Still had a considerable lead over its competitors. Airtel was in the position, with 11.4 million subscribers. BSNL had a customer base of 4.6 million.
The results show the difference, between how big a market’s how well the network works. Jio still brings in the people who use broadband. Airtel is winning when it comes to giving faster and more dependable home internet.