Opensignal released its latest Fixed Broadband Experience Report for India on Wednesday. The new report offers detailed insights into the performance of the country's top broadband providers and the overall home internet experience they deliver.

According to the data, telecom giant Bharti Airtel has secured the top position across all five testing parameters, successfully surpassing both Reliance Jio and state-run BSNL.Airtel secures top spot in overall performanceThe independent analytics firm found that Airtel emerged as the outright winner across all five overall experience categories. These include Broadband Reliability Experience, Broadband Consistent Quality, Broadband Download Speed Experience, Broadband Upload Speed Experience, and Broadband Video Experience.In the reliability test, Airtel recorded an impressive score of 486 on Opensignal's scale of 100 to 1,000, comfortably beating Jio's 423 points.

Airtel also led the pack in overall broadband speeds, offering download and upload speeds that were around 26 to 27 per cent faster than Jio.Interestingly, state-run BSNL proved to be a strong competitor in the speed department. BSNL finished as a very close second, lagging just 0.5 Mbps behind Airtel in download speeds and a mere 0.8 Mbps behind in upload speeds.

Airtel also wins the wireless home internet battleThe competition is equally fierce in the modern Fixed Wireless Access segment, which includes plug-and-play 5G home internet devices like Airtel Xstream AirFiber and JioAirFiber. Here too, Airtel secured the top position in Opensignal's assessment.The company recorded average download speeds of 32.4 Mbps, leaving Jio behind at 25.7 Mbps.

For upload speeds, Airtel delivered an average of 20.7 Mbps, while Jio recorded 17.1 Mbps. Apart from raw speeds, the report notes that Airtel delivered far better results than Jio in both FWA reliability and consistent quality.

Airtel logged an FWA Reliability score of 450 points, whereas Jio secured 382 points.When it comes to consistent quality, which tracks how well a network handles tasks like smooth HD video streaming, Airtel scored 66.2 percent against Jio's 55.0 percent. This simply means that about two-thirds of Airtel's internet tests passed the strict quality thresholds, compared to just over half for Jio.Jio still the king of subscribersWith wins across all five overall broadband experience categories and all five FWA categories, Airtel has officially claimed the performance crown for home internet services.

However, India's wired broadband market is still heavily led by Reliance Jio in terms of market reach.According to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's August 2026 data, Jio continues to dominate the market with 14.8 million subscribers. Airtel follows in second place with 11.4 million users, while BSNL maintains a steady base of 4.6 million subscribers.- Ends