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Reliance Jio complains to ASCI, says Airtel claims misleading

Objects to Airtel claim of fastest network, doubt Ookla's expertise, wants Airtel ad withdrawn

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Megha Manchanda New Delhi
Reliance Jio has complained to the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) that Bharti Airtel's claim of India's fastest network is false, misleading and incorrect.
"This claim is being made by Airtel acting in a mala fide manner in collusion with Ookla, LLC who profess to be experts in the domain space of testing mobile internet speed," Reliance Jio said in a letter to ASCI.
The newcomer also claimed that the methodology adopted for to determine the mobile internet speed was completely flawed and the speeds being attributed to Airtel's network may not necessarily relate to their network at all.
Reliance Jio requested

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