For Immediate Release Telecom Regulatory Authority of India … · 2018-07-12 · For Immediate Release Information note to the Press (Press Release No1~2018) Telecom Regulatory Authority

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Information note to the Press (Press Release No1~2018)

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

TRAIReleases Report on Independent Drive Tests conducted in Six citiesviz. Gwalior, Hisar, Kohima, Ludhiana, Meerut & Shillong

New Delhi, 12th July 2018: TRAI, through its agency, conducted IndependentDrive Tests (IDT) in Six cities viz. Gwalior, Hisar, Kohima, Ludhiana, Meerut, &Shillong. Drive tests were conducted to assess the network quality provided bycellular mobile telephone service providers for voice and data services. The detailsof drive tests conducted in the 6 cities are given below:-

S.No City Licensed Period of Conducting IDT Summary ofService Area Results of IDT

(LSA)

1) Gwalior Gujarat 19th March to 23rd March 2018 Annexure-A

2) Hisar Haryana 25th April to 27th April2018 Annexure-B

3) Kohima NorthEast 21st March to 23rd March 2018 Annexure-C

4) Ludhiana Punjab 9th April to 13th April 2018 Annexure-D5) Meerut up- W 1st Mayto 5th May2018 Annexure-E6) Shillong NorthEast 19th April to 21 st April2018 Annexure-F

2. The Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) were assessed for the networks of allte1ecom service providers operating in the region. KPIs for voice services wereCoverage; Call Setup Success Rate; Drop Call Rate; Block Call Rate, HandoverSuccess Rate; Rx Quality. KPIs for data services were Down1oad and UploadThroughputs, Web Browsing Delay, Video Streaming Delay and Latency. Thecomplete report is available at TRAIwebsite www.analytics.trai.gov.in

3. The key fmdings of Drive test are summarized below:

(i) Gwalior City: Most of the TSPs have met the 2% of Drop Call Rate exceptBSNL 3G and Tata CDMA. All TSPs have met CSSR. Maximum throughputhas been observed in Airte1 for both 3G & 4G technology.

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(ii)Hissar City: All TSPs have met the 2% of Drop Call Rate. Most TSPs havemet CSSR except Tata (2G & 3G). Maximum throughput has been observedin 3G Tata & 4G Airtel.

(iii)Kohima City: Only Airtel 2G & RJio has met 2% of Drop Call Rate. MostTSPs have met CSSR except BSNL (2G & 3G) and Airtel 3G. Maximumthroughput has been observed in 3G BSNL& 4G RJio.

(iv)Ludhiana City: Most of the TSPs have met the 2% of Drop Call Rate exceptBSNL 3G. All TSPs have met CSSR. Maximum throughput has beenobserved in 3G BSNL & 4G RJio.

(v)Meerut City: Most of the TSPs have met the 2% of Drop Call Rate exceptBSNL (3G). Most TSPs have met CSSR except BSNL (2G & 3G). Maximumthroughput has been observed in 3G BSNL& 4G RJio.

(vi)Shillong City: Only Airtel (2G), Idea (2G& 3G) and RJio have met the 2% ofDrop Call Rate. Most TSPs have met CSSR except BSNL (3G). Maximumthroughput has been observed in 3G BSNL& 4G Airtel.

4. The complete report is available at TRAIwebsite 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 inGwalior from 19th to 23rd March 2018

The drive test in the city of Gwalior in Gujarat LSAwas conducted for a period of5 days during 19th to 23rd March 2018. It covered a route of approximately 640KMs and data tests conducted on 5 hotspots. Cellular mobile telephone serviceproviders included namely Airtel, BSNL, Idea, Tata, CDMA(Tata), Vodafone andJio. Tests included 2G, 3G, 4G and CDMAradio access technologies.

The summary of the Service Provider's performance on the key parameters basedon Independent Drive Test is given here under:-

Voice Call

Call Attempt

Blocked Call Rate (%)

CSSR% (Accessibility)

Drop call Rate (%)

Mobility HOSR(%)

Rx Quality (%)

, ..Call Attempt



Drop call Rate (%)

Mobility HOSR(%l

Rx Quality (%)

786 748 710 7461.0% 2.9% 1.0% 1.8% 0.3%

99.0% 97.1% 99.0% 98.2% 99.7% 95.9%

1.5% 1.2% 0.0% 1.6% 0.3% 4.6%

97.5% 93.0% 97.2% 98.6% 98.4% 100.0%

96.8% 97.6% 97.8% 97.0% 99.0% 89.9%

0'. .r. ft. I .

734 753 682 731 731 7511.1% 4.0% 1.0% 1.9% 2.9% 0.1%

98.9% 96.0% 99.0% 98.1% 97.1% 99.9%

1.4% 6.5% 0.3% 1.5% 1.0% 0.3%

99.6% 98.0% 99.5% 98.1% 99.7% 99.8%

95.0% 91.8% 93.3% 74.6% 93.50/. 86.4%

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Data Services

Download Throughput(Kbps)

Upload Throughput(kbps)

Web Browsing Delay(sec).

Latency .(msec) , < '

Data Services

Oownload Throughput(Mbps)

Upload Throughput(Mbps) ,Web Browsing Delay(sec)Video Streaming Delay(sec)Latency(msec)

-=-------89.0 75.1 81.3 95.9 96.7107.7

88.6 102.8 114.6 68.6 91.3 117.7

27.2 22.6 24.9 24.9 25.9 135.0

640 626 229 729 274 424

3.1 1.1 1.7 1.6 1.8 9.9 1.0 5.5

1.4 0.8 1.0 0.5 1.2 7.0 3.9 5.2

10.8 12.7 11.6 11.8 11.1 7.4 10.4 6.0

6.3 2.9 3.7 5.6 2.3 3.2 3.2 1.0

152 197 194 199 211 118 77 81

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Annexure-B

Report on Independent Drive Test conducted inHissar from 25th to 27th April 2018

The drive test in the city of Hissar in Haryana LSAwas conducted for a period of 3 daysduring 25th to 27th April 2018. It covered a route of approximately 260KMs and datatests conducted on 10 hotspots. Cellular mobile telephone service providers includednamely Airtel, BSNL, Idea, Tata, Vodafone, and Jio. Tests included 2G, 3G, 4G andCOMAradio access technologies.

The summary of the Service Provider's performance on the key parameters based onIndependent Drive Test is given here under:-

Voice Call

Call Attempt:. . I • '. ~


Drop Call Rate (%)

Mobility HOSR (%)

Rx Quality (%)

I .•

Call AttemptBlocked Call Rate (%)

Mobility HOSR (%)

Rx Quality (%)

Airtel Vodafone386 386 407 387

0.00% 0.52% 0.00% 5.16% 0.52%

100,00% 99,48% 100.00% 94.84% 99.48%

0,26% 0.26% 0,00% 0,00% 0,00%

99.50% 98,97% 98.32% 99.42% 98.78%

97,84% 99.28% 97.34% 97.47% 98,38%

If!lii.:§~I G@ ]_iII' ttitl$i·hi· -393 391 371 419 388 366

1.78yo 2.56% 1.62% 9.79% 0,00% 0,82%

98,22% 97,44% 98,38% 90,21% 100,00% 99,18%

1,55% 1.57% 0.00% 0,53% 0.26% 0.28%

99.97% 97,77% 100.00% 99.87% 100.00% 99.68%

95.81% 97.54% 97.04% 94.87% 95.58% 90,00%

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Data Services


Upload Throughput(kbps)

Web Browsing Delay(sec)

Latency(msec)

Data Services

DownloadThroughput (Mbps)UploadThroughput(Mbps)Web Browsing Delay(sec)Video StreamingDelay (sec)Latency(msec)

Idea Tata Vodafone

132.6 39.3 96.1

187.8 66.0 77.6

26.0 25.2 24.3

274 496 297

·:m~i•• d!¥. Tata Vodafone i Airtel

3.9 2.3 2.6 4.3 2.0 9.0

1.5 2.3 1.5 1.6 1.6 7.1

13.7 9.1 9.1 15.0 9.3 6.5

4.4 1.5 2.9 2.4 1.2 1.5

244 171 165 141 87 151

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131.9 65.6

135.7 78.2

23.0 33.5

257 257

filM Jt.M'lifiMI,mi2.9 5.1 2.5

3.2 3.6 4.7

9.0 8.5 9.6

1.9 4.6 2.1

181 78 71

Annexure-C

Report on Independent Drive Test conducted inKohima from 21 st to 23rd March 2018

The drive test in the city of Kohima in North East LSAwas conducted for a period of 3days during 21th to 23rd March 2018. It covered a route of approximately 200 KMs anddata tests conducted on 10 hotspots. Cellular mobile telephone service providersincluded namely Airtel, BSNL, Idea, Vodafone and Jio. Tests included 2G, 3G, 4G andCDMAradio access technologies.

The summary of the Service Provider's performance on the key parameters based onIndependent Drive Test is given here under:-

Voice Call

Call Attempt



Drop Call Rate (%)

Mobility HOSR (%)

Rx Quality (%)

Voice Call

Call Attempt


Drop Call Rate (%)

Mobility HOSR (%)

Rx Quality (%)

Airtel Idea' Vodafone409 463 384 417

1.5% 11.7% 1.3% 0.2%

98.5% 88.3% 98.7% 99.8%

1.0% 3.4% 3.4% 5.0%

96.3% 84.1% 98.7% 96.8%

93.6% 94.2% 91.9% 92.1%

VolTEAlrtel I BSNL Vodafone Jio419 451 393 409

8.8% 16.9% 1.1% 2.3% 0.2%

91.2% 83.1% 98.9% 97.7% 99.8%

4.5% 5.9% 6.0% 7.3% 0.0%

99.4% 95.7% 98.8% 98.8% 99.3%

64.4% 93.7% 87.6% 84.3% 66.6%

*Due to lack of coverage, less calls were initiated for Idea 2G & Idea 3G.

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Data Service

Download Throughput(Kbps) 149.1 45.3 114.3

Upload Throughput(kbps) 124.7 87.5 116.3

Web Browsing Delay(sec) 42.3 33.0 39.2

Latency(msec) 380 498 289

", I ••• I', --2.7 0.1 0.2 0.2 3.4 1.7

0.8 0.8 0.9 2.6 2.1 3.3

13.6 14.6 15.2 12.6 8.8 12.1

6.9 5.9 5.5 2.4 4.0 3.5

295 218 203 179 124 170

'Due to Major technical issue in Network all data test were failed for Airtel .

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Download Throughput .(Mbps) > •


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Annexure-D

Report on Independent Drive Test conducted inLudhiana from 9th to 13th April 2018

The drive test in the city of Ludhiana in Punjab LSAwas conducted for a periodof 5 days during 9th to 13th April 2018. It covered a route of approximately 630KMs and data tests conducted on 5 hotspots. Cellular mobile telephone serviceproviders included namely Airtel, BSNL, Idea, Tata, Vodafone and Jio. Testsincluded 2G, 3G, 4G and CDMAradio access technologies.

The summary of the Service Provider's performance on the key parameters basedon Independent Drive Test is given here under.-

Voice Call



Drop Call Rate (%)

Mobility HOSR (%)

Rx Quality (%)

Voice Call

Call Attempt



Drop Call Rate (%)

Mobility HOSR (%)

Rx Quality (%)

Vodafone870 875 820 860 854

0.23% 1.71% 0.49% 0.35% 0.35%

99.77% 98.29% 99.51% 99.65% 99.65%

0.23% 1.05% . 0.12% 0.00% 0.24%

97.47% 96.24% 99.30% 98.26% 98.17%

94.97% 98.48% 98.65% 94.96% 97.28%

Airtel BSNL§ii

855 866

0.23% 1.85%

99.77% 98.15%

0.59% 2.94%

99.81% 97.32%

89.24% 98.10%

----837 853 864 896

1.19% 2.93% 1.16% 1.23%

98.81% 97.07% 98.84% 98.77%

0.73% 0.85% 0.94% 0.34%

99.95% 99.61% 99.91% 99.52%92.64% 89.77% 94.29% 86.80%

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Data Services


latency(msec)

Data Services

DownloadThroughput (Mbps)Upload ThroughputMbps)Web Browsing Delay(sec)Video StreamingDelay (sec)latency(msec)

103.8 125.2 83.4 51.1

50.3 107.0 76.2 50.5

31.1 30.4 22.728.7

471 565 586306

Tata Vodafone.iHM._;§~i._bI¥_ Airtel Idea

1.2 2.9 0.8 1.3 0.5 5.3 2.6

0.5 1.2 0.8 0.6 1.8 5.2 5.4

8.5 10.3 8.9 10.6 10.3 5.5 7.1

6.5 2.9 4.1 4.1 2.2 2.4 2.7

185 172 114 133 119 159 89

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91.5

124.0

28.9

276

hIA·'IMit!..8.2 2.6

5.8 3.7

5.6 7.6

2.7 2.3

103 92

Annexure-E

Report on Independent Drive Test conducted inMeerut from 1st to 5th May 2018

The drive test in the city of Meerut in UP- W LSAwas conducted for a period of 5days during 1st to 5th May 2018. It covered a route of approximately 600 KMs anddata tests conducted on 5 hotspots. Cellular mobile telephone service providersincluded namely Airte1, BSNL, Idea, Telenor, Tata, Vodafone and Jio. Testsincluded 2G, 3G, 4G and CDMAradio access technologies.


. Voice call

Call Attempt 845 897 823 845 845

0.36% 10.70% 0.24% 0.36% 0.12% 0.12%

99.64% 89.30% 99.76% 99.64% 99.88% 99.88%

0.24% 1.75% 0.49% 0.12% 0.25% 0.36%

98.79% 92.51% 98.70% 98.86% 98.81% 97.59%

97.10% 97.99% 96.49% 97.40% 98.79% 98.18%

Blocked Call Rate ('lit)


Drop Call Rate (%)

Mobility HOSR (%)Rx Quality ('lit)

Voice Call

Call Attempt 842 852 830 825 841 8110.48% 11.27% 0.72% 0.48% 0.38% 0.95% 0.25%

99.52% 88.73% 99.28% 99.52% 99.62% 99.05% 99.75%

1.43% 2.91% 0.49% 0.85% 1.15% 0.84% 0.00%

99.80% 97.58% 99.55% 99.86% 99.80% 99.91% 99.56%

91.38% 98.01% 93.25% 92.01% 91.27% 96.17% 81.48%

Blocked Call Rate (%)CSSRO/O(AccessibiliDrop Call Rate (%)

Mobility HOSR (%)

Rx Quality (%)

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latency (msec)

94.39

137.53

27.03

423

129.02 67.78 107.86 89.40

96.18

37.35

404

134.63

129.22

43.86

262

80.02 69.34 177.72

41.87 37.47 39.11

298 346 341

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Annexure-F

Report on Independent Drive Test conducted inShillong from 19th to 21st April 2018

The drive test in the city of Shillong in North East LSAwas conducted for a periodof 3 days during 19th to 21st April 2018. It covered a route of approximately 236KMs and data tests conducted on 5 hotspots. Cellular mobile telephone serviceproviders included namely Airtel, BSNL, Idea, Vodafone and Jio. Tests included2G, 3G, 4G and CDMAradio access technologies.


Voice Call


CSSR% (Accessibility

Drop Call Rate (%)

Mobility HOSR (%)

Rx Quality (%)

Voice Call


CSSR% (Accessibility

Drop Call Rate (%)

Mobility HOSR(%)

Rx Quality (%)

Airtel BSNL Idea VOdafone487 492 436 4860.00% 4.47% 0.2.3% 0.82%

100.00% 95.53% 99.77% 99.18%

0.62% 4.04% 1.61% 2.49%

96.28% 95.53% 98.88% 98.11%

94.73% 91.37% 95.75% 94.99%

VoLTEAirtel Jio484 491 450 471 4814.34% 7.13% 1.78% 0.85% 1.25%

95.66% 92.87% 98.22% 99.15% 98.75%

2.59% 3.07% 1.13% 3.21% 0.00%

99.72% 98.46% 99.89% 99.65% 99.82%

73.91% 92.45% 93.48% 83.31% 79.91%

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Data Services


> Airtel

419

". tt. I'

108.0 116.5 114.8

93.3 156.5 118.0

37.5 I 36.9 34.6

440 453 377

132.6

Upload Throughput(kbps) 137.8

Web Browsing Delay(sec) 22.0

2.5 o.t 0.2 4.2 3.0

1.1 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.8 4.7 4.3 5.5

14.1 13.1 16.1 17.8 8.6 8.4 7.0 12.1

6.0 7.3 3.1 3.5 2.8 1.7 2.8 1.4

287 200 179 174 188 120 135 114

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Definitions

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.

Web browsing delay (secs): Average time taken to fully load the website tested.

Video Steaming delay (secs): Average time taken to fully download the videotested.

Latency (msecs): Time taken for a packet to reach the receiving endpoint aftertransmitted from the sending point.

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