TRAI releases report on drive tests conducted at 20 locations to assess mobile network quality

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.