Trai releases results of quality of service drive tests conducted in Thiruvananthapuram

Trai has released results of quality of service tests conducted in Thiruvananthapuram. In this round of drive by tests being conducted across the nation, Trai has released results of tests conducted in Ranchi, Darjeeling, Sikkim , Kanpur, Lucknow, Ahmedabad and Mumbai . In Thiruvananthapuram, the drive by tests were conducted over a range of 350 kilometres. The tests were conducted between 1 June to 3 June this year. The Independent tests were conducted by the audit agency CS Datamation. In the other circles we have covered, the audit agency was either IMRB International or Phistream consulting. The telecom operators were assessed on all technologies in the circle, including 2G, 3G and CDMA. The providers active in Thiruvananthapuram are Airtel, Aircel, Idea, Vodafone, RCOM, BSNL, DoCoMo, MTS, Reliance and TATA. The results are below.

One of the objectives of the tests is to verify if telecom service providers are meeting the call drop benchmarks. Airtel 2G, DoCoMo 2G, Aircel 2G and 3G failed the call drop rate benchmark in Thiruvananthapuram. All operators in the circle met the call set up rate benchmark of greater than 95 per cent. DoCoMo 3G was the only provider who did not meet the call block rate benchmark. Airtel on 2G was the only operator to fail in the call quality measurements.