4G: Trai wants feedback on call quality rules

Many operators providing LTE coverage have yet to offer it and might do so in a phased manner

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has issued a consultation paper on whether the current rules to monitor voice quality are sufficient for fourth-generation technology (4G or LTE) networks.

It had announced the latest quality of service regulations in August last year, revising the methods for assessing of call drops. The regulator had also increased the penalty to Rs 500,000 on telecom companies for not meeting the benchmarks. The revised methodology was to be done for all technologies — GSM, CDMA, WCDMA, LTE, etc.

In August 2016, when the consultation process was started to review quality of service (QoS), said Trai,