The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) will soon start a consultation process to fix ‘quality of service’ rules for mobile data, including the average data speed for operators. The regulator also launched a mobile app for measuring real-time internet speeds that consumers get. The data will be made available on the Trai Analytics Portal.

Through the application (TRAI Myspeed App), TRAI will get real time data from customers. This will be put on TRAI Analytics Portal. It will show mobile data speed of each operator in a given area on real time basis Trai had issued service quality benchmarks for wireless data earlier but Sharma said that telecom operators have complained that “law of physics” does not guarantee a minimum speed that they can provide to consumers.

Did You Know?

• The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is the independent regulator of the telecommunications business in India.
• TRAI was established on February 20, 1997 by an Act of Parliament to regulate telecom services and tariffs in India. Earlier regulation of telecom services and tariffs was overseen by the Central Government.
• TRAI’s mission is to create and nurture conditions for growth of telecommunications in India to enable the country to have a leading role in the emerging global information society.
• One of its main objectives is to provide a fair and transparent environment that promotes a level playing field and facilitates fair competition in the market.
• TRAI regularly issues orders and directions on various subjects such as tariffs, interconnections, quality of service, Direct To Home (DTH) services and mobile number portability.