India, Sept. 25 -- In August 2025, India's median mobile download speed rose to 131.77 Mbps, a significant milestone for the country's digital infrastructure. This marks a remarkable improvement, especially considering that just a few years ago, the median speed was below 20 Mbps.

This transformation has been largely driven by sustained investments from Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, with Vodafone Idea (Vi) also beginning to roll out 5G services, which are expected to further boost mobile download speeds for Indian users. The data was published by Ookla as part of its Global Speedtest Index.

India now ranks 25th globally for median mobile download speeds, moving up two places compared to the previous month. With continued network expan...