Performance of mobile operators deteriorated in terms of call drops during July-September 2015 with Aircel having a drop rate of as high as 18 percent in North East and Orissa for 3G services, Trai has found.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has shared the performance data for July-September quarter of 2015 and compared it with preceding quarter of April-June.
As per the data, for 2G services, the call drop rate of Aircel was up to 17 percent in North East while that of state-run BSNL was up to 9.57 percent in West Bengal.
In terms of worst-affected cells having more than 3 percent call drop rate for 2G services, Aircel's performance was lagging in 17 circles, state-run BSNL did not meet the benchmark in five circles, Tata GSM and CDMA in 15 circles while Vodafone in two circles.
For 3G services, Aircel was not meeting the 3 percent drop rate in 10 circles, BSNL in three circles, Tata in five circles and Vodafone in two circles. All other operators, though, reported call drops within the prescribed limits of Trai.
In terms of overall call drop rate of 2 percent, most of the operators met the benchmark barring Aircel in Haryana and BSNL in three circles for 2G services and two circles for 3G services.
As per Trai parameters, the call drop rate should not be more than 2 percent and for worst-affected cells it should not be more than 3 percent.
"The performance has deteriorated in this quarter as compared to the previous quarter in respect of call drop rate and worst-affected cells having more than 3 percent drop rate," Trai said in Indian telecom services performance indicators for July-September period.
The regulator said of the 183 licencees across the country, 54 were not meeting its benchmark of 3 percent drop rate for worst-affected cells for 2G services while for 3G services, the number stood at 20 out of 94 licencees.
Trai said the number of telephone subscribers in India increased from 100.69 crore at the end of June to 102.26 crore at the end of September, registering a growth of 1.55 percent over the previous quarter.
The regulator said gross revenue and adjusted gross revenue of telecom service sector for the quarter ending September stood at Rs 64,996 crore and Rs 46,257 crore respectively.
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