New Delhi: Telecom regulatory Authority of India (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.