Airtel × JioTHE LIVING SIGNAL
GROUP 06SEPTEMBER 2026
The report

Two service architectures.
Different execution risks.

ACADEMIC STUDY · 2026

09 · EXPERIENCE EVIDENCE

The network has more than one story.

A dated independent snapshot. Choose the task before interpreting the advantage.

INDEPENDENT MEASUREMENT

Reliability experience

points · 100–1000

Jio’s reported national score is higher. This telemetry measure is distinct from customer-rated reliability.

Measurement window

1 October–29 December 2025

Publication

February 2026 · India national report

Uncertainty

Numeric confidence-interval endpoints are not reproduced here. Video is explicitly reported as statistically tied.

View all nine metrics as a table
MetricAirtelJioUnit
Reliability experience814864points · 100–1000
Consistent quality62.768.9%
Download speed58.2107.3Mbps
Upload speed8.48Mbps
Games experience70.665.9points · 0–100
Voice app experience79.578.2points · 0–100
Video experience64.965points · 0–100
5G download speed185.9198.9Mbps
5G upload speed19.313Mbps