TRAI releases report on drive tests conducted at 20 locations to assess mobile network quality
TRAI, with the assistance of the Telecom Service Providers, conducted Drive Tests at twenty cities, their surrounding areas and highways namely: Vellore, Kadapa, Berhampur, Thiruvananthapuram, Raigad, Bengaluru, Bhagalpur & Munger, Dibrugarh-Sivasagar-Tinsukia, Kalimpong-Jalpaiguri-Alipurdwar, Patna-Muzaffarpur-Motihari, Ajmer & Pushkar, Karnal, Moga, Korba, Sagar, Jaipur-Pushkar HW, Panipat- Ambala HW, Jallandhar-Moga HW, Sagar-Lakhnadan HW and Korba-Raipur HW, in the quarter ending September 2023.
The Drive tests were conducted to assess the cellular/ mobile network quality of service provided by telecom service providers, for voice and data services. The details of cities and LSAs wherein drive tests conducted, are given below:
S. No Location Licensed Service Area (LSA)
1. Vellore Tamilnadu
2. Kadapa Andhra Pradesh
3. Berhampur Odisha
4. Thiruvananthapuram Kerala
5. Raigad Maharashtra
6. Bengaluru Karnataka
7. Bhagalpur-Munger Bihar
8. Dibrugarh-Sivasagar-Tinsukia Assam
9. Kalimpong-Jalpaiguri-Alipurdwar West Bengal
10. Patna-Muzaffarpur-Motihari Bihar
11. Ajmer-Pushkar Rajasthan
12. Karnal Haryana
13. Moga Punjab
14. Korba Madhya Pradesh
15. Sagar Madhya Pradesh
16. Jaipur-Pushkar HW Rajasthan
17. Panipat- Ambala HW Haryana
18. Jallandhar-Moga HW Punjab
19. Sagar-Lakhnadan HW Madhya Pradesh
20. Korba-Raipur HW Madhya Pradesh
The Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) assessed for the network includes the following:
i) For voice service: Coverage; Call Setup Success Rate (CSSR); Drop Call Rate; Block Call Rate, Handover Success Rate; Rx Quality.
ii) For data services: Download and Upload Throughputs, Web Browsing Delay, Video Streaming Delay and Latency.
The complete report is available at TRAI website www.analytics.trai.gov.in.