According to the recent TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) report on wireless data service performance, Indian telecoms performed well during the June 2015 quarter.
TelecomLead.com has selected Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata metros and Kerala for presenting the wireless data performance of Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular, MTNL, MTS, Tata Docomo, Reliance Communications, Aircel and Vodafone. Details for Kolkata and Kerala from BSNL, a state-run telecom operator, were not available.
Service Activation /Provisioning
Benchmarks: Within 4 hours with 95% success rate
Delhi
Aircel 99.21
Airtel 99.98
Idea Cellular 99.89
MTNL 100
MTS 100
Reliance Communications 100
Tata Docomo 98.20
Vodafone 97.97
Kerala
Aircel 99.99
Airtel 99.18
Idea Cellular 100
MTS 100
Reliance Communications 100
Tata Docomo 99
Vodafone 99.62
Mumbai
Aircel 99.77
Airtel 99.99
Idea Cellular 100
MTNL 95.67
Reliance Communications 100
Tata Docomo 99
Vodafone 98.83
Kolkata
Aircel 99.85
Airtel 93.6
Idea Cellular 99.99
MTS 100
Reliance Communications 100
Tata Docomo 100
Vodafone 98.64
Successful data transmission download attempts
Benchmarks >80%
Delhi
Aircel 2G 100
Aircel 3G 100
Airtel 2G 98.6
Airtel 3G 97.5
Idea Cellular 100
MTNL 2G 97.86
MTNL 3G 99.40
MTS 100
Reliance Communications 2G 100
Reliance Communications 3G 100
Vodafone 2G 99.73
Vodafone 3G 99.88
Kerala
Aircel 2G 100
Airtel 2G 100
Idea Cellular 2G 100
Idea Cellular 3G 100
MTS 100
Reliance Communications 2G 100
Reliance Communications 3G 100
Tata Docomo 100
Vodafone 2G 99.39
Kolkata
Aircel 2G 100
Aircel 3G 100
Airtel 2G 98.6
Idea Cellular 2G 100
MTS 100
Reliance Communications 2G 100
Reliance Communications 3G 100
Tata Docomo 2G 99.94
Vodafone 2G 98.68
Vodafone 3G 98.28
Mumbai
Aircel 2G 99.57
Airtel 2G 100
Airtel 3G 100
Idea Cellular 2G 100
MTNL 2G 96.76
MTNL 3G 99.88
Reliance Communications 2G 100
Reliance Communications 3G 100
Vodafone 2G 99.22
Vodafone 3G 99.58
Successful data transmission upload attempts
Benchmarks >75%
Delhi
Aircel 2G 100
Aircel 3G 100
Airtel 2G 99.5
Airtel 3G 97.5
Idea Cellular 2G 100
MTNL 2G 95.26
MTNL 3G 97.77
MTS 100
Reliance Communications 2G 100
Reliance Communications 3G 100
Tata Docomo 100
Vodafone 2G 99.95
Vodafone 3G 99.92
Mumbai
Aircel 2G 99.44
Airtel 2G 100
Airtel 3G 100
Idea Cellular 2G 100
MTNL 2G 100
MTNL 3G 100
Reliance Communications 2G 100
Reliance Communications 3G 100
Vodafone 2G 99.39
Vodafone 3G 99.42
Kolkata
Aircel 2G 100
Aircel 3G 100
Airtel 2G 100
Idea Cellular 2G 100
MTS 100
MTNL 2G 96.76
MTNL 3G 99.88
Reliance Communications 2G 100
Vodafone 2G 99.31
Vodafone 3G 98.96
Kerala
Aircel 2G 100
Aircel 3G 100
Airtel 2G 100
Idea Cellular 2G 100
MTS 100
Reliance Communications 2G 100
Tata Docomo 2G 100
Vodafone 2G 98.72
Minimum download speed (Kbps)
Benchmarks: To be measured for each Plan and Reported to TRAI
Delhi
Aircel 2G 91.69
Airtel 2G 70.8
Airtel 3G 2045
Idea Cellular 2G 127
MTNL 2G 77.24
MTNL 3G 436.11
MTS Mblaze 894
MTS Mblaze ultra 2601
Reliance Communications 93.29 (IX – RNC PAYG)
Reliance Communications 758.51 (HSD)
Reliance Communications 70.76 (RNC_PAYG
Reliance Communications 1398.19 (HSD
Tata Docomo 74 (Photon Whiz)
Tata Docomo 1773 (Photon plus)
Tata Docomo 2475 (Photon Max)
Vodafone 2G 74.65 (Rs 125 Rental plan with 1GB free)
Vodafone 766 (Rs 250 Rental plan with 1GB free)
Mumbai
Aircel 2G 76.29
Airtel 2G 125.9
Airtel 3G 2591.6
Idea Cellular 2G 87 (Open plan)
MTNL 2G 36.91
MTNL 3G 552.84
Reliance Communications CDMA 76.75 (IX – RNC PAYG
Reliance Communications CDMA 504.59 (HSD)
Reliance Communications 2G 93.80 (RNC PAYG)
Reliance Communications 3G 3722.17
Tata Docomo CDMA 54 (Photon Whiz
Tata Docomo CDMA 755 (Photon plus)
Tata Docomo 2G 91 (EDGE)
Vodafone 2G 136.09 (VMC699UL
Vodafone 3G 4344 (MI 8GB
Kolkata
Aircel 2G 101.03
Aircel 3G 2141.17
Airtel 2G 128.1
Idea Cellular 2G 117 (Open plan)
Reliance Communications 2G 87.13 (RNC_PAYG)
Reliance Communications 3G 1509.20 (HSD
Vodafone 2G 74.10 (Postpaid PayG unlimited)
Vodafone 3G 1523.98 (Postpaid PayG unlimited)
Kerala
Aircel 2G 40.83
Aircel 3G 1092.10
Airtel 2G 75.7
Idea Cellular 2G 104 (Open plan)
Idea Cellular 3G 2041 (Open plan)
MTS 547 (Mblaze)
MTS 1530 (Mblaze ultra
Reliance Communications 89.81 (IX – RNC PAYG)
Reliance Communications 788.47 (HSD)
Reliance Communications 112.17 (RNC_PAYG)
Tata Docomo 62 (Photon Whiz)
Tata Docomo 1034 (Photon plus
Tata Docomo 1485 (Photon Max)
Tata Docomo 51 (EDGE)
Tata Docomo 1047 (Photon 3G)
Tata Docomo 4784 (Photon3G+)
Vodafone 2G 74.31 (3GB VMC 199 plan)
TRAI has shared details for most of the top circles. At a time time when Indian mobile users are complaining about voice quality and call drop issues, wireless data performance report from TRAI will be an eye opener for the telecom industry.
Baburajan K
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