The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released a report detailing the findings of an Independent Drive Test conducted across Fazilka city and adjoining areas during August 2026. The report assesses the real-time quality of mobile network services provided by Telecom Service Providers.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released a report detailing the findings of an Independent Drive Test (IDT) conducted across Fazilka city and its adjoining areas during August 2026. The purpose of this drive test was to assess and verify the real-time quality of mobile network services (both voice & data) provided by Telecom Service Providers (TSPs).
During the IDT, TRAI captured performance data for key Quality of Service (QoS) parameters such as Coverage, Call Drop Rate (CDR), Call Setup Success Rate (CSSR), Packet loss rate, and data Download (DL) and Upload (UL) throughput among others. These tests were conducted under the supervision of the TRAI Regional Office Jaipur.
The report provides an overview of the drive test routes, including city drives, inter-operator calling, hotspots, and walk tests. The observations presented in the report represent the performance of the TSPs on the area/route under test on the day/time of conducting the drive test.
Key findings of the report include:
– Signal strength during voice testing observed as a percentage of samples with poor signal strength out of the total samples collected.
– Call Setup Success Rate (CSSR), Drop Call Rate (DCR), Call Silence Rate, and Speech Quality (MOS).
– Packet Loss rate (Downlink & Uplink) for each TSP.
– Data Download and Upload Throughput.
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