Mumbai: TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) 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, PatnaMuzaffarpur-Motihari, Ajmer & Pushkar, Karnal, Moga, Korba, Sagar, Jaipur-Pushkar HW, Panipat- Ambala HW, Ja11andhar-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.
Location Licensed Service Area (LSA) 1.
Vellore Tamilnadu
Kadapa Andhra Pradesh
Berhampur Odisha
Thiruvananthapuram Kerala
Raigad Maharashtra
Bengaluru Karnataka
Bhagalpur- Munger Bihar
Dibrugarh- Sivasagar- Tinsukia Assam
Kalimpong- Jalpaiguri- Alipurdwar West Bengal
Patna- Muzaffarpur-Motihari Bihar
Ajmer- Pushkar Rajasthan
Karnal Haryana
Moga Punjab
Korba Madhya Pradesh
Sagar Madhya Pradesh
Jaipur- Pushkar HW Rajasthan
Panipat- Ambala HW Haryana 1
Jalandhar- Moga HW Punjab
Sagar- Lakhnadan HW Madhya Pradesh
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 .