TRAI, with the assistance of the Telecom Service Providers, conducted Drive Tests at seventeen cities, their surrounding areas and highways namely: Agartala, Agra, Aurangabad, Bhavnagar, Bhopal, Guwahati-Bongaigaon, Hisar, Jaipur, Ongole, Palakkad, Ranchi-Gumla, Sangareddy, Trichy, Agra-Bareilly HW, Bhavnagar-Rajula HW, Bhopal- Jabalpur HW and Hisar-Rohtak HW, in the quarter ending June 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.           Agartala, Northeast
2.           Agra, UP (West)
3.           Aurangabad,         Maharashtra
4.           Bhavnagar, Gujrat
5.           Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
6.           Guwahati-Bongaigaon, Northeast
7.           Ongole, Andhra Pradesh
8.           Hisar, Haryana
9.           Palakkad, Kerala
10.           Ranchi-Gumla,     Bihar
11.           Sangareddy, Andhra Pradesh
12.           Jaipur, Rajasthan
13.           Trichy, Tamil Nadu
14.           Agra-Bareilly HW  UP (West)
15.           Bhavnagar-Rajula HW,  Gujrat
16.           Bhopal- Jabalpur HW, Madhya Pradesh
17.           Hisar-Rohtak HW, Haryana

The Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) assessed for the network includes the following:

1. 1. For voice service: Coverage; Call Setup Success Rate (CSSR); Drop Call Rate; Block Call Rate, Handover Success Rate; Rx Quality.
   2.  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.

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