Dishnet Wireless Most Congested Network,Says Regulator

Dishnet Wireless Most Congested Network,Says Regulator According to the regulator, congestion on POIs has improved for the reporting three months, compared with that for three months ended March 2009 during the reporting period cellular mobile telephone subscriber base has rose to 427.29 million, as against 391.76 million in March 2009.

TRAI’s benchmark for congestion at POIs is less than 0.5 per cent, meaning every 200 calls between two operators, only one call should face interconnect problems.The report is posted on the regulator’s website a POI is a point where two networks exchange traffic (interconnect or handshake in telecom parlance).

Dishnet Wireless, a subsidiary of Aircel group and a GSM operator in northern and eastern circles, had 20 congested points of interconnection (POIs), making it the most congested network in the country. This was followed by state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) with congestion in 8 POIs and Vodafone in 6 POIs, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said in its Network/PoI Congestion Report for April, May and June 2009.

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The number of worst-affected POIs where the level of congestion is over 10 per cent is 22 in June 2009, whereas it was 24 in the month of March 2009. Out of these 22 POIs, in 3 POIs the level of congestion is more than 40 per cent whereas it was 6 in the month of March 2009.The circles and states affected due to POI congestion are Bihar (9 POIs), followed by Uttar Pradesh-East (7 POIs) and Orissa (6 PoIs).

Comparing BSNL/MTNL with private CMSP’s the number of POI’s having congestion has decreased from 27 in March 2009 to 14 in the month of June 2009,during the same period the number of POI’s having congestion among the private CMSP’s has decreased from 49 in March 2009 to 28 in June 2009.

Onlooker October 21, 2009 at 6:38 pm

This is an irony. This network is most congested network in India, as said by TRAI. However, it has registered highest growth rate in subscriber additions; adding 150 mn new subscribers yearly.

Agnivo October 21, 2009 at 12:36 pm

I took a new Aircel sim and “pocket internet” for my current visit to RoB circle for use of laptop… but guess, so pathetic signal due to less towers and speed really sucks. Most of the time it says “SIM card registration failed”. Didn’t expect this from Aircel, looks like good old Airtel mobile office still rules while travelling.

Suchisuvra Sen October 20, 2009 at 7:53 pm

Right,in West Bengal Reliance have most network congestion………….

Vijay T October 20, 2009 at 7:51 pm

good knowledge about bts and tower operating systenms huh MERC
i totally agree with aht you say…
and although connectivity has improved for vodafone in the report however the cust still faces similar issues.
Get it escalated please

Fahad October 20, 2009 at 4:21 pm

Completely agree wd u Idrees…

Merc October 20, 2009 at 3:47 pm

Just calculating congestion levels at Interconnect levels (POIs) is wrong. Usually when there is a congestion at Interconnect level, we hear a mesg saying all lines in this route are busy. Many times i see mesg on the phone saying “Network Busy” instead of hearing a busy line mesg on Airtel & Docomo. These network busy mesg appear when there is congestion at BTS tower level. Trai should take into account the congestion at tower levels also, when coming up with these kind of reports. the a note to the admin, why is the link to trai web site removed ?

M Ahmad October 20, 2009 at 2:46 pm

Donno abt the report……
But i am using Reliance Gsm new series(8010) in Delhi……
its so cogested yaa….between 6pm & 10pm….
everytime i want to make a call…..i juz hear this…..”The network is busy, please try after somtime’

n not for a day a two….i experience it daily……Specially wen daling STD numbers…..

ANIRBAN October 20, 2009 at 1:15 pm