The Indian City Patna is now the top city in terms of 4G availability beating major tech hubs like Hyderabad, Bangalore, etc. according to the latest OpenSignal report. Patna has 4G availability of 92.6% while Bangalore comes in at 10th place with 88.3%. The report states that the 4G availability between India’s cities is getting slimmer.
There are a total of 20 cities the measurements, and all of them have achieved 4G availability of over 80%. Patna is followed by Kanpur, Allahabad, Kolkata, Bhopal, and Lucknow. Tech hubs in the south and west of the country continued to dominate the top to hold their position in top ten 4G speed metric. OpenSignal says that it believes other cities will soon close the gap in terms of 4G speed in coming months as operator network rollout accelerates.
Earlier Navi Mumbai secured its place as the fastest 4G speeds in India with an average 4G speed of 8.72 Mbps, while Chennai secured the second place with nearly 8.52 Mbps speed. India now has one of the most extensive 4G footprints in the world. This is because of the wide reach of 4G VoLTE and affordability.