Airtel and Jio have ambitious targets in terms of 5G network rollout. 'Jio experienced a top median 5G download speed of 506.25 Mbps in Kolkata, while Airtel of 268.89 Mbps in Delhi,' it said.

'Speedtest Intelligence data shows that median download speeds across India increased by 115 per cent since before the 5G launch, from a 13.87 Mbps median download speed in September 2022 to 29.85 Mbps in January 2023.' 5G performance has increased across early 5G adopters in most of the telecom circles, Kolkata achieved the fastest median 5G download speeds in January 2023 at above 500 Mbps. '5G has been in place in India for over four months and already it's having a tremendous impact on the state of mobile in the country,' Ookla said in the report. According to the February 28 report of Ookla, the global leader in network intelligence and connectivity insights, Jio's top median speed is 506 Mbps (megabytes per second) as compared to 268 Mbps of Airtel. The more tower and cell sites means faster speed.

Additionally, for every base station, Jio has 3 cell sites while Airtel has 2, the March 23 report said.

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