Back in September when Reliance Jio was introduced, almost all Jio users complained of low data speed. But of late it is getting better. According to TRAI in February Jio was fastest 4G in India. In March it repeats the feat but with event better speed of 18.48mbps. The TRAI data notes that Jio is now the fastest 4G network in India and it beats the other telecom giants like Airtel, Vodafone, Idea Cellular and Aircel.

The latest report by TRAI mentions, "Reliance Jio has topped the charts of mobile networks in March by registering an all-time high download speed of 18.48 megabit per second." According to a released report by TRAI a month ago, Jio's download speed was around 16.48mbps. This means that the download speed of Jio has gone up by almost 2mbps.

On the other hand, the TRAI report states that the download speed of Bharti Airtel has dropped. A report by Reuters notes that the download speed of Airtel has declined by almost 1mbps. The Reuters data further reveal that the download speed of Airtel was 7.66 mbps earlier, which has now dropped to 6.57mbps.

Although it is still good enough to keep Airtel on the second position in the country.

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Now, before we talk about a few other bits related to Jio, do keep in mind that speed tests, whether run by TRAI, or a website and app like SpeedTest, are not entirely reliable. First of all they measure speed in best conditions and the second the real world performance has other variables like reliability of the connection, which is not always tested through speed tests.

Following Airtel is Vodafone India in the TRAI list. However, earlier it was Idea Cellular. TRAI data reveals, "Vodafone piped Idea Cellular to become the third fastest mobile network in the country by registering download speed of 6.14 mbps."

On the other hand, Idea, which is currently the fourth fastest networks in the country, has seen a major fall in the download speed in the month of March. As per TRAI, the speed of Idea Cellular network has dropped by almost 2.34 mbps, which last month was around 5.9mbps.

After Idea, Aircel is in the list. Dropping from fourth to fifth place, Aircel's download speed at present is 2.01 mbps. Following Aircel is the state-owned network BSNL that offers download speed of around 1.99mbps as per TRAI's latest report.

Jio is no longer free

To continue enjoying 4G VoLTE calls and 4G data, Jio users will now have to pay for it, this is what Jio had revealed. In fact, now that most consumers are paying for Jio you can expect more frugal usage from them, which may lead to even better speed on Jio network in the coming months. Earlier, Jio had requested users to subscribe to Prime Plan by paying Rs 99 per year. After the subscription, the Jio users were required to get one of the many tariff plans that the company introduced for both prepaid and postpaid plans recently.

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Although at the moment there are still users who have not taken any paid membership or plans from Jio. Surprisingly, they are still enjoying Jio services. However, this will not continue for too long. There are indications that Reliance Jio will soon discontinue the services for people who haven't subscribed to any plan. The company previously said that if a Jio user doesn't subscribe to plan within a stipulated period of 90 days after April 15, basically after the end of Jio Dhan dhana dhan offer, the company will deactivate those numbers.

JioFiber Preview coming soon

Even as Jio gets some praise, even if it is through a speed test run TRAI, the company is also working to introduce the broadband service with JioFiber. Earlier, India Today Tech had reported that Jio was offering beta trials of JioFibre to consumers in some parts of Mumbai.

We recently reported that although Jio didn't confirm the coming of JioFiber, the company was preparing a plan for it. Source close to India Today Tech had confirmed the official JioFiber website was in the making. The website reveals details about the offer that JioFiber is going to introduce. Tis will be called JioFiber Preview offer.

Jio 4G Feature phone

Reliance Jio chief Mukesh Ambani after disrupting the telecom space, and now planning to enter the broadband sector will soon move on to the mobile manufacturing business as well. Jio is bring its own 4G feature in India, which as per several reports surfacing the web will cost Rs 1500. The Jio feature phone will support 4G connectivity.

Well, in the technologically advanced space when most of us are dependent on smartphone phones, there are companies who are focusing on bringing feature phones, which will be much cheaper in price. Apart from Jio, Nokia, Micromax, Lava and several other mobile makers are working on feature phones currently. HMD Global, who now manufactures Nokia phones will soon launch the refreshed version of the 'nostalgic' Nokia 3310. The new Nokia 3310 is expected to launch by the end of this month. The finnish-based company is said to announce its Android phones -- Nokia 5, Nokia 6 and Nokia 3 next month. Nokia 8 is also said to be in the pipeline. However, HMD is yet to confirm the launch date of these Nokia devices.