India, Aug. 20 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released its Independent Drive Test (IDT) findings for the Kochi City, Kerala Licensed Service Area (LSA), covering extensive city and highway routes during the month of July 2025. The drive tests, conducted under the supervision of the TRAI Regional Office, Bengaluru, were designed to capture real-world mobile network performance across diverse usage environments - urban zones, institutional hotspots, public transport hubs, and high-speed corridors.
Between 30th Jun 2025 to 03rd July 2025, TRAI teams conducted detailed tests across Kochi City and surrounding areas including 231.4 Kms of City drive, Coastal drive of 8.3 Kms (Marine Drive Park to Marine Drive Jetty), Walk Test of 8.8 Kms and 08 Hot spots segments. Technologies evaluated included 2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G, reflecting the service experience of users across multiple handset capabilities. The findings of IDT have already been intimated to all Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) concerned for further necessary action.
Key Parameters Assessed:
Voice Services: Call Setup Success Rate (CSSR), Drop Call Rate (DCR), Call Setup Time, Call Silence Rate, Speech Quality (MOS), Coverage.
Data Servies: Download/Upload Throughput, Latency, Jitter, Packet Drop Rate, and Video Streaming Delay.
Call Setup Success Rate: Airtel, BSNL, RJIL and VIL have 100.00%, 97.34%, 100.00% and 98.26% respectively in Auto-selection mode (5G/4G/3G/2G).
Drop Call Rate - Airtel, BSNL, RJIL and VIL have drop call rate of 0.22%, 2.05%, 0.00% and 0.22% respectively in Auto-selection mode (5G/4G/3G/2G).
Summary of Performance against key QoS parameters:
CSSR: Call Setup Success Rate (in %), CST: Call Setup Time (in milliseconds), DCR: Drop Call Rate (in %) & MOS: Mean Opinion Score representing typical voice quality
Graph Omitted (The document can be viewed at https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2158280 )
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