Good News TRAI asks telcos to publish coverage maps on websites

[Bapun]

The regulator has issued a directive, calling on carriers offering wireless access services to publish on their websites “the service-wise (2G/ 3G/ 4G/ 5G) geospatial coverage maps” for geographical areas where wireless voice or wireless broadband service is available for subscription by consumers.

Further, to ensure compliance, telcos are required to meet the benchmark of QoS parameter, namely, availability of service-wise geospatial coverage map on a service provider’s website for percentage of working cells (benchmark ≥ 99%) with effective from April 1, 2025.

Trai asks telcos to publish coverage maps on websites - ET Telecom

“Information on mobile network coverage is important from the perspective of QoS. One cannot expect good QoS in a non-coverage area, and availability of a service-wise geospatial coverage map on a service provider’s website will help consumers make informed decisions,” Trai said in an...

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[RLOA]

Finally. Thank you!

 

[Esmail]

It is a much needed feature. There should be transparency so that users can make an informed choice when picking an operator.
TRAI should also mandate them to divulge the total number of 2G/3G/4G/5G towers deployed by them Pan India and circle wise so it can be used for like to like comparison with other operators.

 

[L3G3ND]

Airtel used to with open network but then stopped out of nowhere.

 

[frontiermail]

Why is no operator ready to show the coverage map on their official site despite TRAI's instructions?

 

[Esmail]

Why is no operator ready to show the coverage map on their official site despite TRAI's instructions?

No one will comply that way. The only solution is for trai to mandate the telcos to report their tower number and locations to it on a monthly basis just like it has mandated for subscriber figures and then for trai to host a dynamic coverage map on its own site updated every month just like it releases the monthly subscriber data reports.

 

[frontiermail]

No one will comply that way. The only solution is for trai to mandate the telcos to report their tower number and locations to it on a monthly basis just like it has mandated for subscriber figures and then for trai to host a dynamic coverage map on its own site updated every month just like it releases the monthly subscriber data reports.

Agreed. That will be the real solution