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TRAI February 2025 Drive Test Report: Telecom Quality Insights for Investors in Airtel, Jio, VIL & BSNL

Created by Piyush Patel in Sector Update 19 Apr 2025

📡 TRAI Drive Test Report February 2025 – In-Depth Performance Analysis Across 6 Indian Circuits

🏛 Published by: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)

📅 Date Released: 17 April 2025

🧭 Coverage: 6 Licensed Service Areas (LSAs) across India

🔍 Purpose: Independent Drive Test (IDT) to evaluate Quality of Service (QoS) for voice & data

🌐 Why Investors Should Care?

With India's fast-growing data consumption, increasing smartphone penetration, and 5G rollouts, understanding telecom service quality helps investors assess the strength of market leaders like Airtel, Jio, Vodafone Idea, and BSNL.

📊 Key Metrics Evaluated by TRAI:

🔈 Voice Services:

✅ Call Setup Success Rate (CSSR)

📉 Drop Call Rate (DCR)

📞 Mean Opinion Score (MOS – Voice Quality)

🔇 Call Silence/Mute Rate

📶 Signal Strength Coverage

📶 Data Services:

⬇️⬆️ Data Throughput (DL & UL)

🎥 Video Streaming Delay

⏱️ Latency & Jitter

❌ Packet Drop Rates

🗺️ Test Locations and Coverage

Region	City/Route	Distance Covered
Kerala	Alappuzha & Backwaters	324.4 Km
UP-West	Dehradun	227.5 Km
Himachal	Shimla & Railway (Kalka)	253.8 Km
Odisha	Visakhapatnam–Brahmapur, Paradeep	437.1 Km
Andhra Pradesh	Hyderabad	396 Km
Gujarat	Rajkot	368.8 Km

📞 Voice Performance Snapshot (Auto-Selection Network: 2G/3G/4G/5G)

Provider	CSSR (%)	Drop Rate (%)	Call Setup Time (s)	Silence Rate (%)	MOS (Score out of 5)
Airtel	99.85	0.00	1.25	0.00	4.02
BSNL/MTNL	91.75	0.90	1.56	6.95	2.91
Jio	99.86	0.14	0.72	0.56	3.91
Vodafone Idea	100.00	0.15	0.77	0.56	4.53

🔍 Investor Takeaway:

📈 Vodafone Idea delivered best voice quality (MOS: 4.53), while Jio showcased lowest call setup time (0.72s).

⚠️ BSNL continued to lag behind significantly on almost every metric—highlighting operational inefficiencies that may impact user base and investor trust.

📡 Data Service Assessment

Although detailed throughput and latency figures per provider are not in this summary, the report reinforces rising user expectations from 5G-level performance in both urban and semi-urban corridors.

🔮 Investment Outlook – Telecom Sector

🚀 Growth Drivers:

Rising 5G adoption

Rural network expansion

Mobile-first economy

Higher ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) with premium data plans

⚠️ Risks to Monitor:

High spectrum debt

Intense price wars

BSNL’s underperformance dragging sectoral averages

📌 Key Players to Watch:

Jio – Tech-efficient, lowest setup time

Airtel – Balanced leader with consistent performance

Vodafone Idea – Improving on voice, but stressed financially

BSNL – Public enterprise in urgent need of revamp

📎 Strategic Insights for Investors

📊 Prefer private sector telecoms with strong customer service metrics, especially Airtel & Jio, based on TRAI's direct measurement data.

🔄 Expect 5G-related CAPEX to remain high but yield returns via network-led customer stickiness.

📉 Consider exposure to telco-support sectors (tower infra, cloud data services, fiber optics).

📜 Disclosure:

This content is created for informational and educational purposes only. It should not be considered investment advice. Please consult your financial advisor before making investment decisions.