Jio's average download speeds reached 18 Mbps in December 2016, says Trai

Average download speed on Jio network reached 18.16 megabit per second in December 2016 which was its highest since launch of its commercial 4G services in September, as per the Trai data.The monthly average mobile data speed published by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) showed that the download speed on Reliance Jio Network was 5.85 Mbps in November 2016 which was lower than peak speed of 7.26 Mbps in September.Among other networks, download speed on Vodafone network increased to 6.7 Mbps in December from 4.9 Mbps in November.Idea network showed average download speed of 5.03 Mbps, Bharti Airtel's 4.68 Mbps, BSNL's 3.42 Mbps, Aircel's 3 Mbps and Reliance Communications's 2.6 Mbps in December.In November, download speed on Airtel network was 5.93 Mbps followed by Jio at 5.85 Mbps, Vodafone 4.9 Mbps, Idea 4.36 Mbps, BSNL 3.54 Mbps, Aircel 3 Mbps and RCom 2.3 Mbps.Trai collects and computes speed of mobile data from subscribers across the country with the help of MySpeed application on real time basis.PTIDisclaimer: Reliance Jio is owned by Reliance Industries, who also own Network18, the publisher of Firstpost and tech2.