Seattle-based internet speed testing company Okura on Monday said India ranked 14th in the world with a median 5G download speed of 301.86 megabits per second (Mbps) in the fourth quarter of 2023 (CY23) (Q4).
“Thanks to Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel’s extensive and rapid nationwide rollout, India ranks among the top 15 markets with the world’s fastest reported median 5G download speeds,” Okura said in the report. Stated.
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According to the report, the United Arab Emirates had the world’s highest median 5G download speed at 654.6Mbps, followed by Qatar and South Korea.
The report states that 5G availability will increase across the country in 2023, primarily as a result of the rapid expansion of the 5G ecosystem in India. The magazine noted that Jio’s 5G availability, i.e. the percentage of 5G active devices that spend the majority of their time connected to its 5G network, was as high as 68.8% in Q4 2023, while Airtel’s He noted that it was 30.3%.
One of the main reasons for the increased availability of 5G in India is the significant increase in the number of 5G-enabled smartphones.
According to Counterpoint Research, India’s 5G smartphone shipment share will cross 52% in 2023, up 66% year-on-year. The introduction of his more affordable 5G-enabled devices in the market has accelerated the adoption of 5G in the country.
Canalys reported that devices in the $100 to $199 segment registered 168% growth in the country in Q4Q3.
Jio’s 5G network was reported to have a video start time of 1.14 seconds, which is faster than Airtel’s 5G network’s 1.99 seconds. Jio customers experienced a more pronounced reduction in video start time from 4G to 5G, with a reduction of 0.85 seconds, while Airtel customers saw a difference of 0.44 seconds.
India’s mobile gaming industry, with an estimated 425 million gamers in 2023, is particularly benefiting from the 5G push, the report said.
Based on Ookla’s Q4 data, Jio’s latency in 5G was lower at 77 milliseconds (ms) compared to Airtel’s 92 ms.
Game Latency is a measure of the delay time to popular game server locations.
Jio’s latency improved by 29 per cent on 5G compared to 4G (109 ms), while Airtel users experienced around 15 per cent improvement on 5G compared to 4G (108 ms). India has his second largest mobile gaming industry in the world.
The report noted that 5G Net Promoter Score (NPS), a measure of customer satisfaction and loyalty, continues to outperform that of 4G LTE (Long Term Evolution) in India. Jio and Airtel scored positive in his 5G NPS for Q4 2023 with similar his NPS of 7.4 and 7.5, respectively.
