For Immediate Release Information note to the Press (Press Release No. 113/2018) Telecom Regulatory Authority of India TRAIReleases Report on Independent Drive Tests conducted in Six cities viz. Dehradun, Indore, Jhansi, Leh, Salem and Tiruppur New Delhi, 28 th November 2018: TRAI, through its agency, conducted Independent Drive Tests (IDT) in Six cities viz. Dehradun, Indore, Jhansi, Leh, Salem and Tiruppur, Drive tests were conducted to assess the network quality provided by ce1lular mobile telephone service providers for voice and data services. The details of drive tests conducted in the 6 cities are given be1ow:- S.No City Licensed Period of Conducting IDT Summary of Service Area Results of (LSA) IDT 1) Dehradun UP - West 11th to 13 th September, 2018 Annexure-A 2) Indore MP 7 th to 9 th August, 2018 Annexure-B 3) Jhansi UP - East 28 th to 30 th August, 2018 Annexure-C 4) Leh J&K 13 th September, 2018 Annexure-D 5) Salem Tamil Nadu 4th to 7th September, 2018 Annexure-E 6) Tiruppur Tamil Nadu 10 th to 12th September, 2018 Annexure-F 2. The Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) were assessed for the networks of all telecom service providers operating in the region. KPIs for voice services were Coverage; Call Setup Success Rate (CSSR); Drop Call Rate; Block Call Rate, Handover Success Rate; Rx Quality. KPIs for data services were 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 3. The key fmdings of Drive test are summarized below: (i) Dehradun City: A1lthe TSPs have met the <=2% of Drop Call Rate except Airtel (3G), Tata (3G) & Airtel (Volte). A1lthe service providers have met the benchmark of >=95% of CSSR. Maximum throughput has been observed in Idea (3G) & RJio (4G). Page 1 of 15
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For Immediate Release
Information note to the Press (Press Release No. 113/2018)
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
TRAIReleases Report on Independent Drive Tests conducted in Six citiesviz. Dehradun, Indore, Jhansi, Leh, Salem and Tiruppur
New Delhi, 28th November 2018: TRAI, through its agency, conductedIndependent Drive Tests (IDT) in Six cities viz. Dehradun, Indore, Jhansi, Leh,Salem and Tiruppur, Drive tests were conducted to assess the network qualityprovided by ce1lular mobile telephone service providers for voice and dataservices. The details of drive tests conducted in the 6 cities are given be1ow:-
S.No City Licensed Period of Conducting IDT Summary ofService Area Results of
(LSA) IDT1) Dehradun UP - West 11th to 13th September, 2018 Annexure-A
2) Indore MP 7th to 9th August, 2018 Annexure-B
3) Jhansi UP - East 28th to 30th August, 2018 Annexure-C4) Leh J&K 13th September, 2018 Annexure-D
5) Salem Tamil Nadu 4th to 7th September, 2018 Annexure-E
6) Tiruppur Tamil Nadu 10th to 12th September, 2018 Annexure-F
2. The Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) were assessed for the networks of alltelecom service providers operating in the region. KPIs for voice services wereCoverage; Call Setup Success Rate (CSSR); Drop Call Rate; Block Call Rate,Handover Success Rate; Rx Quality. KPIs for data services were Download andUpload Throughputs, Web Browsing Delay, Video Streaming Delay andLatency. The complete report is available at TRAI websitewww.analytics.trai.gov.in
3. The key fmdings of Drive test are summarized below:
(i) Dehradun City: A1l the TSPs have met the <=2% of Drop Call Rate exceptAirtel (3G), Tata (3G) & Airtel (Volte). A1lthe service providers have met thebenchmark of >=95% of CSSR. Maximum throughput has been observed inIdea (3G) & RJio (4G).
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(ii) Indore City: All the TSPs have met the <=2% of Drop Call Rate exceptBSNL, (2G), Tata (CDMA), BSNL (3G), Vodafone (3G) & Airtel (Volte). All theservice providers have met the benchmark of >=95% of CSSR. Maximumthroughput has been observed in Tata (3G) & Airtel (4G).
(iii)Jhansi City: All the TSPs have met the <=2% of Drop Call Rate except BSNL(3G). All the service providers have met the benchmark of >=95% of CSSR.Maximum throughput has been observed in BSNL (3G) & Vodafone (4G).
(iv)Leh City: All the TSPs have met the <=2% of Drop Call Rate except BSNL(3G). Only Aitel (3G) is meeting the benchmark of =95% of CSSR. Maximumthroughput has been observed in Airtel (3G) & Airte1 (4G).
(v) Salem City: All the TSPs have met the <=2% of Drop Call Rate except BSNL(3G). All the service providers have met the benchmark of >=95% of CSSR.Maximum throughput has been observed in Airtel (3G) & Airtel (4G).
(vi)Tiruppur City: All the TSPs have met the .s.2% of Drop Call Rate and >=95%of CSSR. Maximum throughput has been observed in Tata (3G) & Airtel(4G).
4. The complete report is available at TRAI web site www.analytics.trai.gov.inIn case of any clarification, please contact, Shri. Asit Kadayan, Advisor (QoS) atTel. No. +91-11-2323-0404 or at email.id: [email protected]
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Annexure-A
Report on Independent Drive Test conducted inDehradun from 11th to 13th September 2018
The drive test in the city of Dehradun in UP - West LSA was conducted for aperiod of 3 days during 11th to 13th September 2018. It covered a route ofapproximately 250 KMs and data tests conducted on 6 hotspots. Cellular mobiletelephone service providers included namely Airtel, BSNL, Idea, Tata, Vodafoneand Jio. Tests included 2G, 3G and 4G technologies.
The summary of the Service Provider's performance on the key parameters basedon Independent Drive Test is given here under:-
Report on Independent Drive Test conducted inIndore from 7th to 9th August 2018
The drive test in the city of Indore in Madhya Pradesh LSAwas conducted for a period of3 days during 7th to 9th August, 2018. It covered a route of approximately 305 KMsanddata tests conducted on 6 hotspots. Cellular mobile telephone service providers includednamely Airtel, BSNL, Idea, Tata, Vodafone, and Jio. Tests included 2G, 3G, 4G andCDMAtechnologies.
The summary of the Service Provider's performance on the key parameters based onIndependent DriveTest is given here under:-
Report on Independent Drive Test conducted inJhansi from 28th to 30th August 2018
The drive test in the city of Jhansi in UP - East LSAwas conducted for a period of3 days during 28th to 30th August 2018. It covered a route of approximately 270KMs and data tests conducted on 6 hotspots. Cellular mobile telephone serviceproviders included namely Airtel, BSNL, Idea, Tata, Vodafone and Jio. Testsincluded 2G, 3G and 4G technologies.
The summary of the Service Provider's performance on the key parameters basedon Independent Drive Test is given here under:-
_Report on Independent Drive Test conducted inLeh from 13th September, 2018
The drive test in the city of Leh in Jammu & Kashmir LSA was conducted for aperiod of 1 day on 13th September 2018. It covered a route of approximately 55KMs and data tests conducted on 4 hotspots. Cellular mobile telephone serviceproviders included namely Airtel and, BSNL. Tests included 2G, 3G and 4Gtechnologies.
The summary of the Service Provider's performance on the key parameters basedon Independent Drive Test is given here under:-
,.., .. BSNl. I 94 100
7.45% 14.00%
92.55% 86.00%
1.15% 0.00%
97.44% 100.00%
91.64% 98.88%
Blocked Call Rate (%) ,
CSSR% (Accessibility)
Drop Call Rate (%)
Mobility HOSR (%)
Rx Quality (%)
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~:, Voice Call
. I 90 103
1456%
85.44%
Blocked Call Rate (%)
~ . , . ....'=.1.11%
98.89%
,,, . . . 0.00% 6.82%
100.00%100.00%
91.39% 87.62%Rx Quality ('It)
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Data Services
Download Throughput(Kbps)
Upload Throughput(kbps)Web Browsing Delay(sec)Latency e
(msec)
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58.04
92.84
49.55
354
Airtel1.69Do~nload Throughput (Mbps)
Upload Throughput (Mbps)
Web Browsing Delay (sec)
Video Streaming Delay (sec)
Latencymsec
0.67
14.69
4.95
181
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54.78
61.14
26.02
292
0.56 4.04
0.72 0.98
16.85 12.44
5.91 5.67
206 164
Annexure-E
Report on Independent Drive Test conducted inSalem from 4th to 7th September, 2018
The drive test in the city of Salem in Tamil Nadu LSAwas conducted for a periodof 4 days during 4th to 7th September 2018. It covered a route of approximately470 KMs and data tests conducted on 6 hotspots. Cellular mobile telephoneservice providers included namely Airtel, BSNL, Idea, Tata, Vodafone and Jio.Tests included 2G, 3G and 4G technologies.
The summary of the Service Provider's performance on the key parameters basedon Independent Drive Test is given here under:-
Report on Independent Drive Test conducted inTiruppur from lOth to 12th September 2018
The drive test in the city of Tiruppur in Tamil Nadu LSA was conducted for a period of 3days during 10th to 12th September 2018. It covered a route of approximately 290 KMsand data tests conducted on 6 hotspots. Cellular mobile telephone service providersincluded namely Airtel, BSNL, Idea, Tata, Vodafone, and Jio. Tests included 2G, 3G and4G technologies.
The summary of the Service Provider's performance on the key parameters based onIndependent Drive Test is given here under:-
Call Attempt: An attempt to achieve a connection to device attached to atelecommunication network.
Block Call <=3%: A call that is not connected because there is no free channel inradio access network to serve a call attempt.
CSSR (Call Setup Success Rate) >=95%: Ratio of Established Calls to CallAttempts.
Drop Call Rate <=2%: An ability to maintain a call once it has been correctlyestablished.
Hand over Success Rate (HOSR)>=95%: Ratio between successful handovers tohandover requested. (Handover is a process by which a mobile telephone call istransferred from one base station to another as the subscriber passes theboundary of a cell).
Rx Quality >95%: Measure of quality of voice.
Download Throughput: Data transmission rate for downloading a test file from atest server to a test device.
Upload Throughput: Data transmission rate for uploading a test file from a testdevice to test server.
Webbrowsing delay (secs): Average time taken to fully load the website tested.
Video Steaming delay (secs): Average time taken to fully download the videotested.
Latency (m secs): Time taken for a packet to reach the receiving endpoint aftertransmitted from the sending point.