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Opensignal has named Airtel the Best Home Internet provider in India. The title comes from its November 2026 India Fixed Broadband Experience report, which compares Airtel, Jio, and BSNL. Airtel finished first on all five measures: reliability, consistent quality, download speed, upload speed, and video experience.
It also beat Jio in the fixed wireless category and earned the Best Fixed Wireless Home Internet award. Opensignal collected the data from April 1 to June 29, 2026.
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On reliability, Airtel scored 486 points on a scale of 100 to 1,000. Jio got 423 points, and BSNL got 419. This gives Airtel a lead of 63 points over Jio, or roughly 15%. Opensignal says the score shows how well homes can stay online for video calls and streaming on many devices at once.
Airtel’s download and upload speeds were also 26% to 27% faster than Jio’s. BSNL stayed close on speed, trailing Airtel by 0.5 Mbps on downloads and 0.8 Mbps on uploads, but it fell far behind on reliability, with a gap of 67 points.
The fixed wireless results were just as clear. Airtel averaged 32.4 Mbps on downloads and 20.7 Mbps on uploads. Jio averaged 25.7 Mbps and 17.1 Mbps. Airtel also scored 66.2% on consistent quality, compared with 55.0% for Jio, and led on fixed wireless reliability by 68 points, 450 to 382.
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Airtel says fiber is its first choice for home broadband growth. During its Q1 FY27 earnings call, the company said it will use fixed wireless in areas where fiber does not reach. India had 48.6 million wired broadband users and 19.3 million fixed wireless users at the end of August 2026, according to TRAI data cited in the report.
Fixed wireless subscriptions grew 2.7% in the month, compared with 1.0% for wired. Jio still leads the 5G fixed wireless segment, with 9.4 million of 13.5 million subscribers. Airtel won every experience measure Opensignal tracked from April to June.