TRAI Assesses Mobile Network Quality Across in Hyderabad city.

Information Note to the Press (Press Release No ~ /2026)

TELECOM REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF INDIA

www.trai.gov.in

Hyderabad, XXX 2026 ~;U'l_.{,

For Immediate Release

TRAI Assesses Mobile Network Quality Across, Nallagandla, Hafeezpet, Madhapur, Dargah

Road, Ameerpet, Mehdipatnam, Shamshabad, Pahadi Shareef Road, Shaheen Nagar, Imamguda

and Engine Bowli Cross Road etc in Hyderabad city.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released findings of Independent

Drive Test (IDT) conducted across Hyderabad City under AP LSA, during the month of May

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.

2. 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 20, 30, 40, and 50 networks. Multiple advanced test handsets are

used, and the sessions are monitored and analysed in real-time using advanced Software

Systems.

3. TRAI, through its appointed agency, conducted drive tests across City drive - 157.9

Kms, Hotspot locations - 12, Walk Test - 3.1 Kms in Hyderabad city during 141h May

2026 to l 61h May 2026 in Andhra Pradesh LSA. These tests were conducted under

the supervision of the TRAI Regional Office Hyderabad. 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.

4. Drive Test Route Map: The following map provides overview of drive test routes

indicating City drive, Inter-operator calling, Hotspots and Walk tests, as per the legends

shown on the map:

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2/197 for Airtel, 10/170 for BSNL 0/191 RJIL and 2/195 for VIL. Details of the

call silence instance locations have been provided in the map Annexed.

d) Data Download and Upload Throughput:

i) Data Download performance (Overall): Average download speed was observed

as 66.32 Mbps for Airtel (5G/4G), 5.55 Mbps for BSNL (3G), 222.12 Mbps for

RJIL (5G/4G) and 59.61 Mbps for VIL (5G/4G/2G). Detail of Download

throughput has been provided in the map Annexed.

ii) Data Upload performance (Overall): Average upload speed was observed as

24.54 Mbps for Airtel (5G/4G), 2.54 Mbps for BSNL (3G), 19.43 Mbps for

RJIL (5G/4G) and 13.17 Mbps for VIL (5G/4G/2G). Detail of Upload

throughput has been provided in the map Annexed.

Locations of Dropped Calls and Call Silence instances can be seen by clicking red dot on the

map Annexed.

7. Details of drive test route and area covered during the IDT is as under:

a) City - The areas covered in the city drive are Nallagandla, Hafeezpet, Madhapur,

Dargah Road, Ameerpet, Mehdipatnam, Shamshabad, Pahadi Shareef Road, Shaheen

Nagar, Imamguda and Engine Bowli Cross Road etc in Hyderabad city.

b) Hotspot - The hot spot locations, capturing stationary user experience, are 1. Aditya

Fort View Villas, 2.AIG Hospital 3. 0-Mart Shaikpet, 4. Hitec City 5. IKEA 6. KlMS

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Hospitals 3rd Floor Secunderabad 7. KIMS Hospitals 15th Floor Secunderabad 8.

Lingampally Railway Station 9. Mind Space, 1O.RTA Office Kondapur 11 . Sumadhura

Acropolis 12.SMR Vinay Iconia

c) Walk Test - The walk tests conducted on 141h May 2026, covered KIMS Hospitals

Secunderabad capturing mobile network behaviour in crowded pedestrian environments.

8. 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.hydreabad@trai.gov.in or Regional Office of TRAI can be contacted on

telephone no. 040-23000761.

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Advisor, RO Hyderabad

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a) Coverage Gap – The coverage distribution found less than the minimum specified signal

strength for the drive test route in auto-selection mode (5G/4G/3G/2G) during voice testing, is

as below:

Parameter AIRTEL BSNL RJIL VIL

Total Number of Samples captured on Drive test route 22317 21201 22063 22416

Number of Samples having poor signal strength 247 3763 319 566

Number of Samples having limited service (No Coverage) 0 44 0 0

Note: Signal strength has been considered poor if it falls below −110 dBm for 5G & 4G, −90 dBm

for 3G, and −85 dBm for 2G.

Coverage Gap observed

BSNL

AIRTEL

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Note: Plot is based on Dynamic Drive Test results only.

RJIL

VIL

b) Dropped Calls - The TSP-wise details of dropped calls in auto-selection mode (5G/ 4G/ 3G/ 2G)

are as below:

Parameter AIRTEL BSNL RJIL VIL

Number of successful Calls Established 200 197 202 203

Number of dropped Calls 0 8 0 0

Locations of Dropped Calls

BSNL

Note: Dropped calls locations are shown in red colour and which can be clicked to know the exact

location (latitude and longitude) on the map.

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c) Call Silence Instance - The TSP-wise details of Call silence instance in Auto-selection mode

(5G/4G) are as below:

Parameter AIRTEL BSNL RJIL VIL

Call Established

(within service provider network) 197 170 191 195

Number of silences calls for >3 Sec 2 10 0 1

Total number of silence instances for >3 Sec 2 10 0 2

Locations of Call Silence Instance

BSNL

VIL

AIRTEL

Note: Call silence instances are shown in red colour and which can be clicked to know the exact

location (latitude and longitude) on the map.

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d) Data Download and Upload throughput: The TSP-wise details of Average Download (DL)

and Upload (UL) throughput against declared typical DL/UL Throughput for month, in Auto-

selection mode (5G/4G/3G/2G) are as below:

(i) Download Throughput

Parameter Measured

in

AIRTEL

(upto 5G)

BSNL

(upto 3G)

RJIL

(upto 5G)

VIL

(upto 5G)

Typical Download

throughput declared by TSP (Mbits/s) 16.91 3.00 15.00 15.00

Average Download

Throughput measured during

IDT

(Mbits/s) 66.32 5.55 222.12 59.61

AIRTEL

BSNL

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Note: Plot is based on Dynamic Drive Test results only.

RJIL

VIL

(ii) Upload Throughput

Parameter Measured

in

AIRTEL

(upto 5G)

BSNL

(upto 3G)

RJIL

(upto 5G)

VIL

(upto 5G)

Typical upload throughput

declared by TSP (Mbits/s) 4.98 3.00 7.00 8.00

Average Upload Throughput

measured during IDT (Mbits/s) 24.54 2.54 19.43 13.17

AIRTEL

BSNL

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RJIL

VIL

Note: Plot is based on Dynamic Drive Test results only.

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