India's 4G coverage increasing but data speed lags behind: Report

For its latest report, OpenSignal has analysed data to compare the 4G services of Airtel, Idea, Jio and Vodafone as well as the 3G services of BSNL

Even though 4G coverage is increasing in India and most of the telecom operators providing 4G services have crossed the 65 per cent coverage threshold, there is little improvement in 4G speeds.

As per a report by OpenSignal, a wireless coverage mapping company, Reliance Jio is still far ahead of its key rivals in 4G availability, beating all three (Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular) by at least 27 percentage points, Airtel has emerged as the winner in terms of data speed.

"In the last six months, we have measured substantial improvements in 4G availability in India, as operators have made access