India, Sept. 28 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
TRAI Assesses Mobile Network Quality along the Delhi to Agra via Yamuna Expressway passing through Dankaur, Jewar, Tappal, Surir, Javara, Baldeo, Khandauli, Kuberpur etc. and Agra to Delhi passing through Raja Ki Mandi Jn, Mathura Jn, Chata, Kosi Kalan, Palwal, Ballabhgarh, Faridabad etc. under Delhi LSA.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released findings of Independent Drive Test (IDT) conducted along the Delhi-Agra Highway route and Agra-Delhi Railway route under Delhi LSA, during the month of July 2026, for information of general telecom consumers. The purpose of this drive test is to assess and verify real time quality of mobile network services (both voice & data) provided by Telecom Service Providers (TSPs). During the IDT, TRAI captures performance of TSPs for key Quality of Service (QoS) parameters like Coverage, Call Drop Rate (CDR), Call Setup Success Rate (CSSR), data Download (DL) and Upload (UL) throughput etc., which are then published to inform Consumers and encourage TSPs to improve their services.
These IDTs have been designed to capture on ground mobile network performance of all TSPs across diverse usages environment like cities, hotspots, public transport hubs, etc. In this type of drive testing, live data and voice sessions are established using SIM cards from all TSPs over 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G networks. Multiple advanced test handsets are used, and the sessions are monitored and analyzed in real-time using advanced Software Systems.
TRAI, through its appointed agency, conducted drive tests across Highway drive - 183.4 Km, Hotspot location - 01 and Railway Drive - 188 Km during 16th Jul 2026 to 17th Jul 2026 in Delhi LSA. These tests were conducted under the supervision of the TRAI Regional Office Delhi. The observations presented in drive test reports represent the performance of the TSPs on the area / route under test on the day / time of conducting the drive test.
Figure-1: Drive test routes
Key Parameters Assessed
(a) Coverage Gap: Percentage of samples, for which signal strength observed less than the minimum prescribed signal strength for respective technology (2G/ 3G/ 4G/ 5G).
(b) Voice Services: Call Setup Success Rate (CSSR), Drop Call Rate (DCR), Call Setup Time, Call Silence Rate, Speech Quality (MOS).
(c) Call Silence Instance: Number of call silence instances occurred during the calls.
(d) Data Services: Download / Upload Throughput, Latency, Jitter, Packet Drop Rate.
The overall mobile network performance on Delhi to Agra via Yamuna Expressway Highway route (Delhi LSA) for the key parameters has been summarized below: -
Locations of Dropped Calls and Call Silence instances can be seen by clicking red dot on the map of Annexure-I.
The overall mobile network performance on Agra to Delhi Railway route (Delhi LSA) for the key parameters has been summarized below: -
i) Data Download performance (Overall): Average download speed was observed as 44.23 Mbps for Airtel (5G), 9.99 Mbps for BSNL (4G), 82.68 Mbps for RJIL (5G) and 47.48 Mbps for VIL (5G). Detail of Download throughput has been provided in the map of Annexure-II.
ii) Data Upload performance (Overall): Average upload speed was observed as 13.32 Mbps for Airtel (5G), 5.07 Mbps for BSNL (4G), 10.14 Mbps for RJIL (5G) and 12.31 Mbps for VIL (5G). Details of Upload throughput have been provided in the map of Annexure-II.
Locations of Dropped Calls can be seen by clicking red dot on the map of Annexure-II.
Details of drive test route and area covered during the IDT are as below: -
The findings of this IDT report have been shared with respective TSPs for taking further necessary action at their end. Detailed reports of IDT are made available on the TRAI website at www.trai.gov.in. For any clarification or additional information, an email can be sent to adv.ca@trai.gov or Regional Office of TRAI at Delhi RO can be contacted on telephone No. +91-11-20907772.
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