P3, the industry leader in mobile benchmarking, has announced the results of the first Mobile Benchmark for India evaluating the four mobile networks airtel, IDEA, Jio and Vodafone. Applying the P3 methodology, which is today the acknowledged de-facto industry-standard in more than 120 countries, P3 conducted a crowd-based analysis.
The results show:
- Jio achieves the highest score with 918 points
- airtel ranks second with 845 points, IDEA third with 706 points and Vodafone fourth with 629 points
- Jio shows best rated performance in five categories: Coverage for Voice, Coverage for Data, Coverage for 4G as well as User Download Speed and User Upload Speed
- airtel is best rated in Data Service Availability
The analysis is based on 6.2 billion samples collected from 5.5. million users overall in 78.5 percent of the urban built-up area and in 41.5 percent of the non-urban built-up area throughout India. The data was collected in a consecutive 6-month period from December 2018 to May 2019.
With a score of 918 out of a maximum of 1,000 points, Jio is clearly ahead of competition in the crowdsourcing based Quality Assessment. airtel ranks second and achieves an overall score of 845 points. IDEA follows with an overall score of 706 points. Vodafone ranks fourth with an overall score of 629 points.
In five out of six categories Jio is ahead of the competition.
In terms of Coverage for Voice, Jio achieves the highest score with 93 points followed with some distance by airtel with 76 points, Vodafone with 73 points and IDEA with 68 points. In terms of Data Coverage, Jio achieves the highest score with 135 points compared to airtel with 122 points, Vodafone with 107 points and IDEA with 106 points. In the 4G Coverage discipline, Jio is best rated with with a score of 239 points, followed by airtel with 207 points and at some distance by IDEA with 164 points and Vodafone with 154 points.
Jio shows the highest score for User Download Speed with 100 points, airtel is second with 90 points. Vodafone and IDEA follow with a score of 60 and 56 points. In User Upload Speed ranks Jio also highest with 61 points, airtel following in second place with 51 points. Vodafone and IDEA achieve a score of 44 and 43 points. In Data Service Availability, airtel achieves a score of 300 points, followed by Jio with 290 points and IDEA and Vodafone with a score of 270 and 190 points.
”It is particularly remarkable that Jio leads in five out of six categories. With a score of over 940 points, Jio is clearly ahead of competition and ranks among the top networks worldwide”, says Hakan Ekmen, CEO of P3 Telecommunication.
The unique crowdsourcing technology allows P3 to collect data about real-world customer experience in a truly passive way. For the collection of crowd data, P3 has integrated a background diagnosis processes into 900+ diverse Android apps. If one of these applications is installed on the end-user’s phone and the user agrees, anonymous data collection takes place 24/7, 365 days a year on this device. Reports are generated for every 15 Minutes and daily sent to P3’s cloud servers. P3’s crowd-sourcing data set is the most realistic, since it is the most diverse that is currently available in the market - in terms of locations, geography, times, devices, subscriptions, networks, technologies and smartphone usage patterns.
About the P3 Mobile Benchmark India
The independent methodology of P3 is acknowledged as the de-facto industry standard assuring a fair, transparent and neutral evaluation of the networks under test. P3 conducts mobile network benchmarks, audits and reviews in more than 120 countries worldwide. They serve as a unique measure for management and supervisory boards to compare their networks with others, and for customers to make better decisions for their subscriptions.
The results show:
- Jio achieves the highest score with 918 points
- airtel ranks second with 845 points, IDEA third with 706 points and Vodafone fourth with 629 points
- Jio shows best rated performance in five categories: Coverage for Voice, Coverage for Data, Coverage for 4G as well as User Download Speed and User Upload Speed
- airtel is best rated in Data Service Availability
The analysis is based on 6.2 billion samples collected from 5.5. million users overall in 78.5 percent of the urban built-up area and in 41.5 percent of the non-urban built-up area throughout India. The data was collected in a consecutive 6-month period from December 2018 to May 2019.
With a score of 918 out of a maximum of 1,000 points, Jio is clearly ahead of competition in the crowdsourcing based Quality Assessment. airtel ranks second and achieves an overall score of 845 points. IDEA follows with an overall score of 706 points. Vodafone ranks fourth with an overall score of 629 points.
In five out of six categories Jio is ahead of the competition.
In terms of Coverage for Voice, Jio achieves the highest score with 93 points followed with some distance by airtel with 76 points, Vodafone with 73 points and IDEA with 68 points. In terms of Data Coverage, Jio achieves the highest score with 135 points compared to airtel with 122 points, Vodafone with 107 points and IDEA with 106 points. In the 4G Coverage discipline, Jio is best rated with with a score of 239 points, followed by airtel with 207 points and at some distance by IDEA with 164 points and Vodafone with 154 points.
Jio shows the highest score for User Download Speed with 100 points, airtel is second with 90 points. Vodafone and IDEA follow with a score of 60 and 56 points. In User Upload Speed ranks Jio also highest with 61 points, airtel following in second place with 51 points. Vodafone and IDEA achieve a score of 44 and 43 points. In Data Service Availability, airtel achieves a score of 300 points, followed by Jio with 290 points and IDEA and Vodafone with a score of 270 and 190 points.
”It is particularly remarkable that Jio leads in five out of six categories. With a score of over 940 points, Jio is clearly ahead of competition and ranks among the top networks worldwide”, says Hakan Ekmen, CEO of P3 Telecommunication.
The unique crowdsourcing technology allows P3 to collect data about real-world customer experience in a truly passive way. For the collection of crowd data, P3 has integrated a background diagnosis processes into 900+ diverse Android apps. If one of these applications is installed on the end-user’s phone and the user agrees, anonymous data collection takes place 24/7, 365 days a year on this device. Reports are generated for every 15 Minutes and daily sent to P3’s cloud servers. P3’s crowd-sourcing data set is the most realistic, since it is the most diverse that is currently available in the market - in terms of locations, geography, times, devices, subscriptions, networks, technologies and smartphone usage patterns.
About the P3 Mobile Benchmark India
The independent methodology of P3 is acknowledged as the de-facto industry standard assuring a fair, transparent and neutral evaluation of the networks under test. P3 conducts mobile network benchmarks, audits and reviews in more than 120 countries worldwide. They serve as a unique measure for management and supervisory boards to compare their networks with others, and for customers to make better decisions for their subscriptions.
