Telecom service quality impresses Trai

In a sign that the quality of telecom services in the country has improved, albeit slightly, the number of Points of Interconnection (POIs) with congestion has fell by 42 to 457 POIs for a quarter ended June 2007.

This is in comparison with the 499 POS with congestion of over 10 per cent recorded during the prior three-month-period ended March.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), in its POI Congestion report for the April-June 2007, stated that the performance of the mobile operators "has improved a little".

PoIs are the points where an operator exchanges calls with another service provider to enable communication over various networks.

The congestion parametre reflects the effectiveness of interconnection between two networks, in turn, the quality of services.

According to the report, Bihar, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, North East, Orissa, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal were the circles that were "badly affected" due to POI congestion.

The number of Points of Interconnection (POIs) with congestion has decreased by 42 to 457 for a three-month-period ended in June from the earlier 499 recorded in March, a sign that the quality of services in the country has "slightly improved".

Out of these 457 POIs with congestion, 218 POIs recorded more than 5 per cent of congestion during the reporting quarter, compared with 245 POIs in March 2007.

The number of such POIs with over 10 per cent congestion stood at 151 in June quarter, as against 183 recorded during the previous quarter.

However, the number of worst affected POIs with congestion levels of over 40 per cent remained changed at 476.

On the interconnection between private operators to state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), the number of POIs with congestion decreased to 312 in June from 337 in March, while that among private operators decreased to 145 from 162 posted in March 2007.