TRAI Assesses Mobile Network Quality Across Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar & Vadodara-Ahmedabad Highway
March 25, 2026
Ahmedabad: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released the findings of an Independent Drive Test (IDT) conducted across Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar cities, and the Vadodara–Ahmedabad highway (in Gujarat LSA) during February 2026, for the information of general telecom consumers.
The IDTs are designed to capture real-world mobile network performance of all Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) across diverse usage environments, including urban areas, hotspots, and public transport hubs. In this type of drive testing, live data and voice sessions are established using SIM cards of all TSPs over 2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G networks. Multiple advanced test handsets are used, and the sessions are monitored and analysed in real time using advanced software systems. The data collected during the drive test is further analysed using specialised tools, and the final report is prepared based on this analysis.
TRAI, through its appointed agency, conducted detailed drive tests covering 462.4 km of city routes, 14 hotspot locations, and a walk test of 2.5 km in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar cities, along with a 95.3 km stretch of the Vadodara–Ahmedabad highway, during February 2 to February 6, 2026, in Gujarat LSA. These tests were conducted under the supervision of the TRAI Regional Office, Jaipur.
During the IDT, various Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) of mobile networks for both voice and data services were assessed for all Telecom Service Providers operating in the region. A summary of the findings is given below:
a. Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar Cities:
Voice Services
| S.No. | KPIs (Auto-selection mode (5G/4G/3G/2G) |
Measured in | AIRTEL | BSNL | RJIL | VIL |
| 1 | Call Setup Success Rate % | % | 100.00 | 81.91 | 99.86 | 99.72 |
| 2 | Drop Call Rate % | % | 0.00 | 2.61 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 3 | Call Setup Time Average (Second) | sec | 0.89 | 2.21 | 0.50 | 0.63 |
| 4 | Call Silence rate (Mute Call) | % | 0.00 | 5.03 | 0.29 | 0.71 |
| 5 | Mean Opinion Score (MOS) | 1-5 | 4.00 | 3.12 | 4.53 | 4.51 |
(ii) Data Services:
| S.No. | KPIs | Measured in | AIRTEL | BSNL | RJIL | VIL |
| 1 | Average Download Throughput 5G | (Mbits/s) | 121.09 | NA | 258.16 | 55.09 |
| 2 | Average Upload Throughput 5G | (Mbits/s) | 34.66 | NA | 39.19 | 23.15 |
| 3 | Average Download Throughput 4G | (Mbits/s) | 47.24 | 18.05 | 41.81 | 31.97 |
| 4 | Average Upload Throughput 4G | (Mbits/s) | 7.15 | 6.50 | 8.50 | 12.76 |
| 5 | Latency ( 50th percentile ) | in ms | 32.55 | 42.03 | 19.72 | 21.39 |
b. Vadodara to Ahmedabad Highway:
(i) Voice Services:
| S.No. | KPIs (Auto-selection mode (5G/4G/3G/2G) |
Measured in | AIRTEL | BSNL | RJIL | VIL |
| 1 | Call Setup Success Rate % | % | 100.00 | 89.80 | 100.00 | 100.00 |
| 2 | Drop Call Rate % | % | 0.00 | 22.73 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 3 | Call Setup Time Average (Second) | sec | 0.93 | 3.67 | 0.55 | 0.69 |
| 4 | Call Silence rate (Mute Call) | % | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 5 | Mean Opinion Score (MOS) | 1-5 | 3.80 | 2.66 | 4.50 | 4.45 |
(ii) Data Services:
| S.No. | KPIs | Measured in | AIRTEL | BSNL | RJIL | VIL |
| 1 | Average Download Throughput | (Mbits/s) | 97.38 | 5.68 | 191.73 | 31.42 |
| 2 | Average Upload Throughput | (Mbits/s) | 16.07 | 2.38 | 23.86 | 13.57 |
| 3 | Latency ( 50th percentile ) | in ms | 39.86 | 47.44 | 20.97 | 25.53 |
The assessment in Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar cities, and the Vadodara–Ahmedabad highway included areas such as Gandhinagar, Kolavada, Sector-26, Sector-30, Kudasan, Adalaj, Hansol, Girdhar Nagar, Piplaj, Govindwadi, Vinzol, Navapura, Kathwada, Nana Chiloda, Naroda, Bapunagar, and Maninagar, as well as the Vadodara–Ahmedabad route via National Expressway-1, passing through Poicha, Chikhodra, Nadiad, Modaj, and Geratnagar, among others. DeshGujarat
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