TRAI Assesses Quality of Mobile Network across Vadodara City (Gujarat)
TRAI Assesses Quality of Mobile Network across Vadodara City (Gujarat)
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) released findings of Independent Drive Test (IDT) conducted across Vadodara City (In GujaratLSA), during the month of July 2025, forinformation of generaltelecom consumers. The purpose of this drive test is to assess and verify real world quality of mobile network services(both voice & data) provided by Telecom Service Providers(TSPs). During the IDT, TRAI Captures performance data on key performance indicators (KPIs) like Call setup success rate,data download and upload reports,speech quality, etc., which are then published to inform consumers and encourage TSPs to improve their services.
TRAI, through its appointed agency, conducted detailed drive tests across city drive of 388 KMs, 12 Hotspot locations, Walk Test of 2Kms in Vadodara city during 15-07-2025 to 18-07-2025 in Gujarat LSA. These tests were conducted under the supervision of the TRAIR regional Office, Jaipur. A summary of IDT findings of Vadodara city is given as below:
(i) Voice Services:
S.No.
KPIs
(Auto-selection mode (5G/4G/3G/2G)
Measured
in
AIRTEL
BSNL
RJIL
VIL
1
Call Setup Success Rate (CSSR)
%
99.82
92.39
100.00
76.81
2
Call Setup Time Average (CST)
sec.
1.21
1.56
0.66
0.71
3
Drop Call Rate (DCR)
%
0.00
0.73
0.00
0.00
4
Call Silence rate (Mute Call)
%
0.00
14.56
0.56
0.73
5
Mean Opinion Scroe (MOS)
1-5
4.04
3.12
3.97
4.46
(ii) Data Services:
S.No.
KPIs
(Auto-selection mode (5G/4G/3G/2G)
Measured
in
AIRTEL
BSNL
RJIL
VIL
1
Average Download Throughput
(Mbits/s)
198.98
3.87
284.19
53.54
2
Average Upload Throughput
(Mbits/s)
36.64
7.03
44.88
17.36
3
Latency ( 50th percetile )
in ms
39.90
27.45
13.65
22.55
The drive test conductedin Vadodara City covered all important areas ofVadoddra city including areas of Vadodara Railway Station, Vadodara Bus stand, Sayajigunj, Manjalpur, Gotri,Akota,sursagar lake, Parul University, etc.
These IDT have been designed to capture real-world mobile network performance of all Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) across diverse usages environment –Urban zones, 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 analysed in real-time using advanced Software Systems.