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TRAI releases report on Independent Drive Tests

By TIOL News Service

NEW DELHI, JAN 11, 2025: TRAI, through its empanelled agency, conducted Independent Drive Tests (IDT)in four citiesviz New Delhi (Delhi LSA), Jaipur (Rajasthan LSA), Ahmednagar (Maharashtra LSA), & Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh LSA). Drive tests wereconducted to assess the quality of service provided byCellular Mobile Telephone Service providers for voice and data services.

In IDT, the performance of M/s Bharti Airtel Ltd., M/s BSNL/MTNL, M/s Reliance JIO Infocom Ltd. and M/s Vodafone Idea Ltd., providing services in a Licensed Service Area (LSA) through various technologies (like 2G/ 3G/ 4G/ 5G) for voice and data,has been measured by conducting drive test.

The following Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)for Voice as well as Data service were assessed for the networks of all Telecom service providers operating in the region.

I. Voice services:

a. Call setup success rate

b. Drop call rate (DCR)

c. Speech Quality using MOS (mean opinion score)

d. Downlink &Uplink packet (voice) drop rate

e. Call Silence Rate

f. Coverage (%)- Signal strength

II. Data Service:

a. Data Throughput (Downlink and uplink both)

b. Packet drop rate (Downlink & Uplink)

c. Video streaming delay

d. Latency

e. Jitter

The details of drive tests conducted in the four cities are given below:-

S.No.

City/Routes Covered

Licensed Service Area

Period of Drive Test

Distance Covered

Performance summary

(attached at)

1

Central Delhi & New Delhi area including five Metro Routes

Delhi

17th Sept. 2024 to 1st Oct. 2024

City :635 Kms

Metro: 210Kms

Annexure A

2

Jaipur City including One Metro Route

Rajasthan

14th Oct. 2024 to 18th Oct. 2024

City :508 Kms

Metro: 12 Kms

Annexure B

3

Ahmednagar City including Ahmednagar to Pune Highway

Maharashtra

21st Oct. 2024 to 25th Oct. 2024

City :230 Kms

Highway :265 Kms

Annexure C

4

Hyderabad City including two metro routes

Andhra Pradesh

22nd Oct. 2024 to 25th Oct. 2024

City :295 Kms

Metro: 56 Kms

Annexure D

The detailed reports are available at TRAI website www.trai.gov.in. For any clarification/information, Tejpal Singh, Advisor (QoS-I) TRAI may be contacted on email: adv- qos1@trai.gov.in or at Tel. No. +91-11-20907759.


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