India, July 20 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released findings of Independent Drive Test (IDT) conducted through its appointed agency across Bhopal City, Indore to Neemuch Highway and Bilaspur to Ambikapur Highway under MP LSA, during the month of June 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). The performance of TSPs for key Quality of Service (QoS) parameters, captured during IDT are published to inform Consumers and encourage TSPs to improve their services. 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. '

These tests were conducted under the supervision of the TRAI Regional Office Bhopal. 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.

The drive tests conducted across City drive - 301.2 KMs, Hotspot locations - 9, Walk Test - 7.9 KMs, Highway -506.3 KMs, in Bhopal City & Indore to Neemuch via Ratlam and Mandsaur Highway & Bilaspur to Ambikapur Highway from 8th June 2026 to 12th June 2026 & 16th June 2026 in Madhya Pradesh LSA.

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: -



Key Parameters Assessed

The overall mobile network performance in Bhopal City and Indore to Neemuch Highway and Bilaspur to Ambikapur Highway route city for the key parameters has been summarised below: -

b) Dropped Calls - Dropped calls, measured as the number of dropped calls out of the number of successfully established calls, were 3/ 494 for Airtel, 16/ 432 for BSNL, 1/ 495 for RJIL and 1/ 494 for VIL for Bhopal city and 1/ 120 for Airtel, 14/ 116 for BSNL, 0/ 125 for RJIL and 1/ 118 for VIL for Indore to Neemuch Highway and 4/ 86 for Airtel, 14/ 71 for BSNL, 2/ 90 for RJIL and 6/ 74 for VIL for Bilaspur to Ambikapur Highway. Details of the dropped call locations have been provided in the map Annexed.

c) Call Silence Instance - Call silence instances, measured as the total number of silence instances observed for > 3 seconds out of the total calls established, were 4/ 476 for Airtel, 21/ 419 for BSNL, 3/ 478 for RJIL and 4/ 481 for VIL for Bhopal city and 0/ 101 for Airtel, 10/ 117 for BSNL, 1/ 101 for RJIL and 4/ 101 for VIL for Indore to Neemuch Highway and 7/ 77 for Airtel, 8/ 87 for BSNL, 4/ 78 for RJIL and 3/ 63 for VIL for Bilaspur to Ambikapur Highway. 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 44.25 Mbps for Airtel (5G), 10.68 Mbps for BSNL (4G), 291.53 Mbps for RJIL (5G) and 63.96 Mbps for VIL (4G) for Bhopal city and 86.90 Mbps for Airtel (5G), 9.13 Mbps for BSNL (4G), 216.50 Mbps for RJIL (5G) and 21.44 Mbps for VIL (4G) for Indore to Neemuch Highway and 40.32 Mbps for Airtel (5G), 10.76 Mbps for BSNL (4G), 150.95 Mbps for RJIL (5G) and 17.99 Mbps for VIL (4G) for Bilaspur to Ambikapur Highway. Detail of Download throughput has been provided in the map Annexed.

ii) Data Upload performance (Overall): Average upload speed was observed as 15.49 Mbps for Airtel (5G), 7.20 Mbps for BSNL (4G), 34.92 Mbps for RJIL (5G) and 12.50 Mbps for VIL (5G) for Bhopal city and 20.84 Mbps for Airtel (5G), 5.80 Mbps for BSNL (4G), 19.30 Mbps for RJIL (5G) and 10.71 Mbps for VIL (4G) for Indore to Neemuch Highway and 11.53 Mbps for Airtel (5G), 4.99 Mbps for BSNL (4G), 15.93 Mbps for RJIL (5G) and 12.06 Mbps for VIL (4G) for Bilaspur to Ambikapur Highway. 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.

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

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