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TRAI releases report on Independent Drive Tests (IDT) conducted in four cities viz. New Delhi (Delhi LSA),Jaipur (Rajasthan LSA), Ahmednagar (Maharashtra LSA), & Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh LSA), during Sept-Oct 2024
Posted On: 10 JAN 2025 6:26PM by PIB Delhi
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 wereassessed for the networks of allTelecom service providers operating in the region.
- Voice services:
- Call setup success rate
- Drop call rate (DCR)
- Speech Quality using MOS (mean opinion score)
- Downlink &Uplink packet (voice) drop rate
- Call Silence Rate
- Coverage (%)- Signal strength
- Data Service:
- Data Throughput (Downlink and uplink both)
- Packet drop rate (Downlink & Uplink)
- Video streaming delay
- Latency
- 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 |
Performancesummary (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 anyclarification/information, Shri Tejpal Singh, Advisor (QoS-I) TRAI may be contacted on email: adv- qos1@trai.gov.inor at Tel. No. +91-11-20907759.
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