Airtel Wins All Five Opensignal Home Broadband Awards
Opensignal's November 2026 report puts Airtel ahead of Jio and BSNL on reliability, speed, consistency and video.
Key Takeaways
- Airtel won all five overall awards.
- Airtel scored 486 points on reliability against Jio's 423, a lead of about 15%.
- Airtel's download and upload speeds were 26% to 27% faster than Jio's.
- Airtel also won all five fixed wireless awards against Jio.
- The report is Opensignal's November 2026 India Fixed Broadband Experience report.
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Airtel won all five overall awards in Opensignal's November 2026 India Fixed Broadband Experience report, ahead of Jio and BSNL.
Airtel scored 486 points on overall reliability against 423 for Jio, a lead of about 15%, and its overall download and upload speeds were 26% to 27% faster than Jio's. Airtel also won all five fixed wireless access (FWA) awards against Jio.
Airtel's Opensignal results at a glance
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Report | Opensignal India Fixed Broadband Experience, November 2026 |
| Providers compared | Airtel, Jio and BSNL |
| Overall awards won by Airtel | All five: Reliability, Consistent Quality, Download Speed, Upload Speed and Video |
| Overall reliability | Airtel 486 points, Jio 423 points |
| Jio overall speeds | Behind Airtel on both download and upload |
| Airtel speed lead over Jio | 26% to 27% on download and upload |
| BSNL gap to Airtel | 0.5 Mbps on download, 0.8 Mbps on upload |
Airtel's lead on reliability and speed
Airtel's overall reliability score was 63 points higher than Jio's. Opensignal's reliability measure assesses how consistently customers can access and use their broadband connections. On speed, Airtel was 26% to 27% faster than Jio on both downloads and uploads.
BSNL came much closer to Airtel on speed than Jio did. It trailed Airtel by 0.5 Mbps on download speed and 0.8 Mbps on upload speed.
Airtel sweeps the fixed wireless awards against Jio
In the separate fixed wireless comparison, Airtel won all five measures. Its FWA download speed was 32.4 Mbps, 6.7 Mbps faster than Jio's 25.7 Mbps. Its FWA upload speed was 20.7 Mbps, 3.6 Mbps ahead of Jio's 17.1 Mbps.
Airtel's FWA Consistent Quality score was 66.2%, which is 11.2 percentage points ahead of Jio's 55.0%. Airtel's FWA reliability score of 450 points was 68 points, or about 18%, higher than Jio's 382.
| FWA measure | Airtel | Jio |
|---|---|---|
| Download speed | 32.4 Mbps | 25.7 Mbps |
| Upload speed | 20.7 Mbps | 17.1 Mbps |
| Consistent Quality | 66.2% | 55.0% |
| Reliability | 450 points | 382 points |
India's home broadband base and where Airtel and Jio stand
According to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) data cited in the report, India had about 48.6 million fixed wired broadband subscriptions and about 19.3 million FWA subscriptions at the end of August 2026, a combined base of about 68 million. FWA subscriptions grew about 2.7% in August, against about 1.0% for wired broadband.
Jio led wired broadband with about 14.8 million subscribers at the end of August 2026, followed by Airtel with about 11.4 million and BSNL with 4.56 million. Jio held about 9.4 million of India's 13.45 million 5G FWA subscriptions and also accounted for all Unlicensed Band Radio (UBR) FWA subscriptions, about 5.4 million. Its JioAirFiber service passed 14 million subscribers at the end of June 2026, about half of Jio's 28.6 million fixed broadband customers.
| When | What happened |
|---|---|
| FY2025-26 | Airtel's fibre home passes reached 45 million |
| April to June 2026 | Airtel added about 83,000 5G FWA subscribers, down from 666,000 in the previous quarter; Jio added about 530,000 |
| End of June 2026 | Airtel's Homes business reached 14.7 million customers after adding 473,000 in the quarter |
| August 2026 | Airtel added about 96,000 5G FWA subscribers; Jio added about 149,000, plus about 230,000 UBR customers |
What Airtel has said about fibre and fixed wireless
On its Q1 FY27 earnings call, Airtel described a pivot to fibre, with fixed wireless kept for locations its fibre network cannot reach. Airtel's Homes revenue grew 33.2% year on year in that quarter.
Where Airtel stands after the Opensignal report
Airtel won all five overall awards and all five fixed wireless awards in the report, while Jio had the most wired and 5G FWA subscribers at the end of August 2026. Airtel's Homes business had 14.7 million customers at the end of June 2026.
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