Tata Teleservices emerges as least congested network : TRAI

NEW DELHI: Telecom service provider Tata Teleservices on Tuesday said its network has been judged as the least congested amongst the pan-India operators by telecom regulator TRAI.

"Tata Teleservices network has recorded the least congested point of interconnection (POI) of only five, compared to 56 POI of Airtel, 22 POI of Reliance and 19 POI of Vodafone," TRAI report on congestion for the month of April, May and June 2008 stated.

Earlier, in the TRAI report on congestion for January, February and March 2008, TTSL was ranked the best, with the least congested Point of Interconnection (POI) of only 10 as compared to 83 POI of Airtel, 41 POI of Reliance and 43 POI of Vodafone.

"Today mobile customers are very discerning and they look for quality of service rather than just cost advantage. From clear voice quality and minimal call drops our customers experience the advantages of being on Tata Indicoms network," Tata Teleservices Chief Technology Officer A G Rao said.

Mobile network is growing at a very rapid pace and more than nine million subscribers are added every month.

In order to ensure seamless interconnection, TRAI has been monitoring the level of congestion at the POI between various service providers on a monthly basis.

This parameter signifies the ease with which a customer of one network is able to communicate with a customer of another network. This parameter also reflects as to how effective is the interconnection between two networks.

The benchmark notified by TRAI is less than 0.5 per cent. This means out of 200 calls between two operators only one call should face congestion problem.

Tata Indicom has a customer base of over 27 million.

Source : Economic Times