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TRAI Assesses Network Quality of Mobile Service Operators across Azamgarh & Mau City and nearby area of UP(East) LSA


Release of findings of Independent Drive Tests (IDT)

Posted On: 22 JAN 2026 2:17PM by PIB Delhi

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has conducted Independent Drive Tests (IDT) covering Azamgarh & MauCity and nearby area of Uttar Pradesh (East) LSA during the month of Dec’2025. The IDT have been designed to capture real-world mobile network performance across diverse usage environments –Urban zones, hotspots, public transport hubs etc.

2. TRAI, through its appointed agency, conducted detailed drive tests of 288.2 Kms of City test and 4.3 kms of walk test in Azamgarh & Mau City and nearby area during 2nd to 5th Dec’2025. Technologies evaluated included 2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G, reflecting the service experience of users across multiple handset capabilities. The findings of IDT have been intimated to all the TSPs concerned for further necessary action.

Key Parameters Assessed:

  1. Voice Services: Call Setup Success Rate (CSSR), Drop Call Rate (DCR), Call Setup Time, Call Silence Rate, Speech Quality (MOS), Coverage.
  2. Data Services: Download/Upload Throughput, Latency, Jitter, Packet Drop Rate, and Video Streaming Delay.

Call Setup Success Rate - Airtel, BSNL, RJIL and VIL have 99.51%, 89.24%, 99.68% and 99.84% call setup success rate respectively in Auto-selection mode (5G/4G/3G/2G).

Drop Call Rate - Airtel, BSNL, RJIL and VIL have drop call rate 0.16%, 3.38%, 0.16% and 0.00% respectively in Auto-selection mode (5G/4G/3G/2G).

• The poor Signal Strength in auto-selection mode (5G/4G/3G/2G) during voice testing has been observed as 0.85%, 22.43%, 1.09% & 1.85% in the city IDT route in case of Airtel, BSNL, RJIL & VIL respectively.

 • The poor Signal Strength in auto-selection mode (5G/4G/3G/2G) during data testing has been observed as 7.29%, 32.67%, 8.04% & 9.29% in the city IDT route in case of Airtel, BSNL, RJIL & VIL respectively.

Summary of Performance against key QoS parameters

CSSR: Call Setup Success Rate (in %), CST: Call Setup Time (in milli seconds), DCR: Drop Call Rate (in %) & MOS: Mean Opinion Score.

 

Summary-Voice services

Call Setup Success Rate: Airtel, BSNL, RJIL and VIL have 99.51%, 89.24%, 99.68% and 99.84% call setup success rate respectively in Auto-selection mode (5G/4G/3G/2G).

Call Setup Time: Airtel, BSNL, RJIL and VIL have call setup time of 1.28, 3.35, 0.66 and 0.67 seconds respectively in Auto-selection mode (5G/4G/3G/2G).

Drop Call Rate: Airtel, BSNL, RJIL and VIL have drop call rate of 00.16%, 3.38%, 0.16% and 0.00% respectively in Auto-selection mode (5G/4G/3G/2G).

Call Silence/Mute Rate: Airtel, BSNL, RJIL and VIL have silence call rate of 0.22%, 0.22% and 0.42% respectively in packet switched network (4G/5G).

Mean Opinion Score (MOS): Airtel, BSNL, RJIL and VIL have average MOS of 3.97, 2.38, 4.53 and 4.41 respectively.

Summary-Data services

Data  Download  performance  (Overall): Average download speed of Airtel (5G/4G) is 112.53 Mbps, BSNL (4G/3G/2G) is 7.31 Mbps, RJIL (5G/4G) is 184.43 Mbps and VIL (4G/2G) is 29.36 Mbps.

Data    Upload    performance  (Overall): Average upload speed of Airtel (5G/4G) is 22.95 Mbps, BSNL (4G/3G/2G) is 3.23 Mbps, RJIL (5G/4G) is 20.44 Mbps and VIL (4G/2G) is 13.37 Mbps.

Latency (Overall): Airtel, BSNL, RJIL and VIL 50th percentile latency is 28.52 ms, 34.74 ms, 22.28 ms & 29.54 ms respectively.

Data performance - Hotspots (in Mbps):

Airtel- 4G D/L:   29.60  4G U/L: 03.57

           5G D/L:  64.99   5G U/L: 16.18

BSNL- 4G D/L:  07.20   4G U/L: 06.56

RJIL- 4G D/L:   51.24  4G U/L: 11.37

             5G D/L: 126.42 5G U/L: 19.22

VIL-   4G D/L:  29.71 4G U/L: 11.81

        Note- “D/L” Download speed, “U/L” Upload speed


 

The  tests were  conducted  using  TRAI-calibrated  equipment and  standardized  protocols  in  real-time

environments. The detailed report is available at TRAI website www.trai.gov.in. For any clarification/information, Shri Sanjay Kumar Gupta, Advisor (Regional Office, Bhopal) TRAI may be contacted on email: adv.bhopal@trai.gov.in or at Tel. No. +91-755-2575501.

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