Toyota Connected-Network Survey Report: 08-November-2019

ZERO-SUM WIRELESS SOLUTIONS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
Toyota Connected- Network Survey Report

08-November-2019
REGISTERED OFFICE:
No. 254, 1st Floor, 6th Cross,

Indiranagar 1st Stage, Bangalore
560038, India
www.zero-sum.co.in
Network survey test across India
Table of Contents
1. Introduction: ................................................................................................................................................ 4
1.1. Zero-sum Proposal: .............................................................................................................................. 4
1.2. Decided route: ..................................................................................................................................... 4
1.3. Activities: ............................................................................................................................................. 5
2. Scope of work:.............................................................................................................................................. 5
3. Survey Output: ............................................................................................................................................. 6
3.1. Signal Network strength classification ............................................................................................. 10
3.2. Airtel signal strength definition: ....................................................................................................... 10
3.3. Jio signal strength definition: ............................................................................................................ 10
4. Route .......................................................................................................................................................... 10
4.1. Scheduled Route: ............................................................................................................................... 11
4.2. Actual route covered ......................................................................................................................... 12
5. Actual Equipment: ..................................................................................................................................... 12
6. Vehicle and Driver ...................................................................................................................................... 15
7. Testing Team .............................................................................................................................................. 16
8. Overview of Daily Trip Activity .................................................................................................................. 18
8.1. Day 1 .................................................................................................................................................. 18
8.1.1. Graphical representation of Airtel carrier ................................................................................ 19
8.1.2. Graphical representation of Vodafone-Idea carrier................................................................. 20
8.1.3. Graphical representation of Jio carrier ..................................................................................... 22
8.2. Day 2 .................................................................................................................................................. 23
8.3. Day 3 .................................................................................................................................................. 26
8.4. Day 4 .................................................................................................................................................. 30
8.5. Day 5 .................................................................................................................................................. 33
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8.6. Day 6 .................................................................................................................................................. 36
8.6.1. Graphical representation of Airtel Carrier................................................................................ 37
8.6.2. Graphical representation of Vodafone-Idea Carrier ................................................................ 38
8.6.3. Graphical representation of Jio Carrier .................................................................................... 39
8.7. Day 7 .................................................................................................................................................. 40
8.8. Day 8 .................................................................................................................................................. 43
8.8.1. Graphical representation of Airtel Carrier................................................................................ 44
8.8.2. Graphical representation of Vodafone-Idea Carrier ................................................................ 45
8.8.3. Graphical representation of Jio Carrier .................................................................................... 46
8.9. Day 9 .................................................................................................................................................. 47
8.9.1. Graphical representation of Airtel ............................................................................................ 48
8.9.3. Graphical representation of Jio ................................................................................................ 50
8.10. Day 10 ............................................................................................................................................ 50
8.11. Day 11 ............................................................................................................................................ 53
8.12. Day 12 ............................................................................................................................................ 57
8.13. Day 13 ............................................................................................................................................ 60
8.14. Day 14 ............................................................................................................................................ 64
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8.15. Day 15 ............................................................................................................................................ 67
8.16. Day 16 (part 1) ............................................................................................................................... 71
8.17. Day 16 (part 2) ............................................................................................................................... 74
9. Pictures taken during journey ................................................................................................................... 78
10. Overview of Indian Telecom market: .................................................................................................... 80
10.1. Indian Telecommunication Network ............................................................................................ 81
10.2. Frequency Band Summary ............................................................................................................ 81
11. Our Observation: ................................................................................................................................... 82
11.1. Airtel .............................................................................................................................................. 82
11.1.1. Airtel 2G ..................................................................................................................................... 82
11.1.2. Airtel 3G:.................................................................................................................................... 84
11.1.3. Airtel 4G:.................................................................................................................................... 85
11.2. Vodafone-Idea ............................................................................................................................... 86
11.2.1. Vodafone-Idea 2G ..................................................................................................................... 86
11.2.2. Vodafone-Idea 3G ..................................................................................................................... 87
11.2.3. Vodafone-Idea 4G ..................................................................................................................... 88
11.3. Jio ................................................................................................................................................... 89
12. Summary & Conclusion:......................................................................................................................... 90
Summary: ....................................................................................................................................................... 90
Conclusion: ..................................................................................................................................................... 91
13. Point of Contact ..................................................................................................................................... 96
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1. Introduction:
Zero-Sum Wireless Solutions India Pvt Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as ‘Zero-Sum’) is a subsidiary of Zero-
Sum Ltd. Japan and having registered office at No. 254, 1st Floor, 6th Cross, Indiranagar 1st stage, Bangalore
560038 and is engaged in the business of Mobile testing, Application development and Telematics
solutions.
Toyota Connected India Pvt Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as ‘Toyota’) registered at the ‘HULKUL’ 3rd Floor,
No. 81/37, Lavelle Road, Bangalore – 560001, incorporated in India in February 2011 as an affiliate of
Toyota Connected Corporation, Japan (TC) (formerly Gazoo Media Services India Pvt Ltd.) and operates
in a very niche field of inventory control / supply chain management and customer relationship
management tools for Toyota cars in India.
Toyota required the network coverage information in India to adopt the appropriate device strategy for
its telematics solutions and offerings in India.
1.1. Zero-sum Proposal:

To gather such network information, Toyota approached Zero-sum to conduct the survey. Zero-sum had
shown interest and given a proposal dated 09-sep-19 with 2 major route options of India mentioned
below:
1) The Golden Quadrilateral Route

2) Mixed Route
1.2. Decided route:

Toyota accepted the proposal and chose option 1 the golden quadrilateral route to conduct the survey.
The Golden Quadrilateral is a network of highways connecting India's four top metropolitan cities,
namely Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata. Other cities connected by this network include
Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Balasore, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Durgapur, Jaipur, Kanpur, Pune, Surat,
Vijayawada, Ajmer, Vizag, Bodhgaya, Varanasi, Agra, Mathura, Dhanbad, Gandhinagar, Udaipur, and
Vadodara. it is the largest highway project in India and the fifth longest in the world.
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Only National Highways are used in the Golden Quadrilateral. The four legs of this route consist of the
following National Highways (new numbering system):
• Delhi–Kolkata: NH 19
• Delhi–Mumbai–Chennai: NH 48
• Kolkata–Chennai: NH 16
1.3. Activities:
Based on the requirements from Toyota, Zero-sum has conducted the network survey on the chosen route
i.e. The Golden Quadrilateral route of India to gather the network information under the following 2
activities.
Activity 1 Network Survey: Activity 1 involved the collection of network carrier information of the three
major carriers in India for Airtel, Vodafone and Jio across the Golden Quadrilateral route. The information
collected includes the network details of the respective 4G/3G/2G networks of the respective carriers. To
collect the network information on the chosen route, Zero-sum has done survey activity across the route
with 14 devices capturing CSV and .KML data. Details of the information gathered are mentioned in
Section 3 below.
Start Date: 14 Oct 2019

End Date: 30 Oct 2019
Total covered Distance: 6054 KM
Activity 2 Data Collation and processing: Activity 2 involves the collation of all the network information
gathered for Airtel, Vodafone and Jio, providing a daily summary of the route covered and thereafter
preparing a report on the information gathered to Toyota.
Start Date: 15 Oct 2019

End Date: 05 Nov 2019
2. Scope of work:
To undertake a network survey test across India, Zero-Sum has undertaken the following functions and
arranged the following components needed for the network survey,
• Provided the required manpower including testing personnel and vehicle drivers.
• Rent the requisite vehicle i.e. Toyota Innova with OBD (On-board diagnostics) port facility for
performing the network survey
• Made available the SIM cards from Airtel, Vodafone/Idea & Jio to undertake network survey
• Made available the required mobile devices to undertake network survey
• Provided the network survey output in a map format to Toyota for the 2G and 4G network
coverage of Airtel, Vodafone/Idea & Jio. Jio has only 4G network across India, so that, its 2G and
3G testing had not been taken.
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3. Survey Output:
As per the proposal document, the output of the survey was delivered in the following manner:
a) Weekly report – Every Monday a report had been shared with Toyota on the status of the
research with details of the distance covered and the .kml file and .Csv file for the journey
undertaken during the week.
b) Map View - A .kml file was provided to Toyota which could be opened with applications such as
Google Maps or Google Earth or Open Street Maps to view the output.
Below is a sample of the output of the data that was provided to Toyota and an explanation of all
components captured during the survey and viewable on the .kml file.
Fig 1: Overview image on Google Maps
• Sample Overview of Network tracking
Zero-Sum used the mobile cellular devices to capture network information every 30 seconds. This output
consists of three layers:
- Layer 1 - Shows carrier network captured by the device

- Layer 2- Shows path tracking
- Layer 3- Shows nearby carrier tower present
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Layer 1- Shows carrier network captured by the device with GPS details.
Fig 2: Layer 1 zoom on Google Maps
Layer 2- Shows path tracking
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Layer 2- Path tracking also tracks signal strength and categories into Good, Average and Not bad in different
colors.
Fig 4: Layer 2 path tracking with different network
Layer 3- Shows nearby carrier tower present
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2G network tracking:
The below is a sample for 2G network tracked and plotted with GPS.
Fig 6: 2G Network zoom on Google Maps
c) .Csv file - The .csv file of the network study along with a graph that depicts the signal strength vis-
à-vis the latitude longitude of the locations captured would also be shared. Below is an illustration
of the .csv file output that would be shared with Toyota.
Fig 7: CSV file output in graph
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3.1. Signal Network strength classification
Zero-Sum has consulted with Airtel and Jio to understand their network signal strength definition. The
information received is as follows:
3.2. Airtel signal strength definition:
Signal Strength Excellent Good Fair Poor Dead zone/

(in dBm) (in dBm) (in dBm) (in dBm) No signal
(in dBm)
4G LTE (RSRP) > -80 - 80 to - 95 - 95 to - 105 - 105 to – 110 < - 110
3G > -75 - 75 to - 85 - 85 to - 95 - 95 to -110 < - 110
UMTS/HSPA/HSPA
+ (RSSI)
2G Edge (RSSI) > -80 - 80 to - 90 - 90 to - 95 - 95 to - 110 < - 110
3.3. Jio signal strength definition:
Signal Strength Excellent Good Fair Poor Dead zone/

(in dBm) (in dBm) (in dBm) (in dBm) No signal
(in dBm)
4G LTE (RSRP) > = -80 - 80 to - 90 - 90 to - 100 - 90 to - 100 < = - 110
3G - NA - - NA - - NA - - NA - - NA -
UMTS/HSPA/HSPA
+ (RSSI)
2G Edge (RSSI) - NA - - NA - - NA - - NA - - NA -
Jio only has 4G network across India, therefore 3G and 2G networks are not defined.
4. Route
Upon studying the chosen Golden quadrilateral route, Zero-Sum drafted a route plan so as to cover the
entire survey within 16 working days. Zero-sum completed the trip as scheduled. The route taken is
mentioned below:
- The key cities that are located on the chosen route are mentioned below:
Bangalore - Mumbai– Delhi– Kolkata– Chennai–

Mumbai Delhi Kolkata Chennai Bangalore
Bengaluru Mumbai Delhi Kolkata Chennai
Tumakuru Silvassa Faridabad Kharagpur Sriperumbudur
Sira Vapi Mathura Balasore Kanchipuram
Chitradurga Valsad Agra Cuttack Walajapet
Davangere Navsari Firozabad Bhubaneswar Ranipet
Berhampur
Ranebennur Surat Etawah Vellore
(Brahmapur)
Hubballi-
Bharuch Kanpur Visakhapatnam Pallikonda
Dharwad
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Fatehpur
Belagavi Ankleshwar Rajahmundry Ambur
district
Kolhapur Vadodara Allahabad Eluru Vaniyambadi
Sangli-Miraj Anand Varanasi Vijayawada Krishnagiri
Karad Nadiad Chandauli Guntur Hosur
Satara Ahmedabad Mohania Nellore Bengaluru
Pune Gandhinagar Kudra Chennai
Panvel Udaipur Sasaram
Mumbai Chittaurgarh Dehri
Ajmer Aurangabad
Jaipur Sherghati
Gurgaon Dobhi
Delhi Chauparan
Bagodar
Dhanbad
Asansol
Durgapur
Bardhaman
Kolkata
4.1. Scheduled Route:

Zero-sum has studied the route carefully and planned to cover it as per below plan:
Day From To Distance to be Covered

Day 1 Bangalore Hubli 414
Day 2 Hubli Pune 431
Day 3 Pune Surat 418
Day 4 Surat Gandhinagar 289
Day 5 Gandhinagar Ajmer 531
Day 6 Ajmer Delhi 387
Day 7 Delhi Kanpur 475
Day 8 Kanpur Varanasi 332
Day 9 Varanasi Dhanbad 418
Day 10 Dhanbad Kolkata 277
Day 11 Kolkata Bhubaneshwar 444
Day 12 Bhubaneshwar Vishakhapatnam 449
Day 13 Vishakhapatnam Vijayawada 350
Day 14 Vijayawada Chennai 453
Day 15 Chennai Bangalore 350
Total 6018
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4.2. Actual route covered
Zero-sum has studied carefully. However, based on the environment and highway route conditions, the
plan has modified and covered as per below:
Day From To Distance Covered

Day 1 Bangalore Hubli 399
Day 2 Hubli Pune 439
Day 3 Pune Surat 433
Day 4 Surat Ratanpur Border, Rajasthan 399
Day 5 Ratanpur Border, Rajasthan Ajmer 392
Day 6 Ajmer Delhi 416
Day 7 Delhi Etawah 336
Day 8 Etawah Gopiganj 416
Day 9 Gopiganj Aurangabad 242
Day 10 Aurangabad Kolkata 510
Day 11 Kolkata Balasore 239
Day 12 Balasore Palasa 435
Day 13 Palasa Rushikonda, Visakhapatnam 199
Day 14 Visakhapatnam Rajahmundry 233
Day 15 Rajahmundry Nellore 415
Day 16 (1) Nellore Ambur 389
Day 16 (2) Ambur Bangalore 162
Total 6054
5. Actual Equipment:
To undertake the network survey, Zero-Sum procured and used the following components.
• 1 Four-wheeler vehicle (Toyota Innova)

• 2 experienced Driver
• 3 Testing personnel
• 14 Carrier SIM’s with Data Connectivity from Airtel (6 sim cards), Vodafone/Idea (6 sim cards) and
Jio (2 sim cards)
• 14 Android Mobile Devices with chargers
• 1 Laptop
• 1 In vehicle battery connector
• 15 Battery Power Banks
• Network survey mobile application on all the devices
• 1 Handy cam
• 1 Action camera
• 3 OBD (On-board diagnostics) devices provided by Toyota
The team followed the designated route as per the route plan mentioned in section 4 on a daily basis to
complete the network survey.
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Fig 8: Devices mounted on the panel
Fig 9: The panel being monitored by our testing personnel in the vehicle
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Fig 10: The devices are monitored by Tester during the survey
All mobile phones are mounted on a wooden panel and labeled with their respective carrier information
and tester can observe the proceedings without any confusion. All phones are arranged in such a way that
all activities (such as taking screenshot and pressing SOS button on the device provided by Toyota) are
done smoothly.
Fig 11: The OBD devices provided by Toyota
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Fig 12: The ODB devices fixed in the vehicles
Toyota had provided three ODB devices, out of which 1 was connected to a power bank and other two
devices were connected to the ODB port available in the vehicle (shown in the above images). The testing
personnel were instructed by Toyota to press the SOS button under the following conditions:
• When Airtel or Vodafone-Idea changes from 4G to 3G/ 2G and vice-versa

• While encountering a no network area
• While crossing the state boundaries
6. Vehicle and Driver

(a) Vehicle
In order to complete this trip, a diesel 4-wheeler Toyota Innova having the capacity of 7 seaters had been
selected that is facilitated with OBD (On-board diagnostics) device port. The vehicle was checked properly
and facilitated with First-aid box, Fire extinguisher, Basic tools, Spare tyre, Tyre-change jack etc.
Fig 13: The Chosen Vehicle

(b) Driver
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For this project, two drivers having more than 10 years of professional driving experience were selected.
They had basic mechanical knowledge and could speak multiple languages like Kannada, English, Tamil,
Telugu & Hindi.
Driver was also briefed about this project and he was aware about our trip schedule, the speed to be
followed and the safety precautions to be undertaken while driving.
(c) Necessary documents and safety equipment
Before starting the trip, all the necessary documents such as vehicle documents (registration certificate
(rc) book, insurance certificate, emission certificate etc.), drivers documents (driving license with All India
permit, his original Id cards such as Aadhar card, Pan card etc.) ,the tester documents (such as ID cards
like Aadhar card, License , Pan card, company Id card etc.) and the authorized letter from the office.
We ensured that the safety belts were used throughout the trip. Our team has followed all the traffic rules
and regulations. The vehicle speed is also maintained as per the road speed limit and we ensured that we
never travelled over 90 Kmph during the entire course of the trip. We have used an action camera
mounted on the vehicle which was ON always and it automatically erases the old data, this was used to
record if any accident occurs while driving.
7. Testing Team
One of the biggest factors that contribute to the success of any project is their team who understand the
project and perform together to achieve the target. To undertake the survey for Toyota, constituted a
dedicated team that have experience in the area of telematics testing. The details of the testing personnel
who undertook this survey is provided below:
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Member Qualification and Experience Responsibility
Mallesh MBA (15 years of experience in the area Project Leader

of Project Management and telematics)
Lakshmikanth Pol Bachelors of Engineering (Computer Project manager

science) with Testing experience more
than 7 Years
Shibu K Vargheese Bachelors of Engineering (Electronics & Project coordinator

Communication) with overall 10 years’
experience in ITS and testing experience
more than 5 Years
Amit Kumar Bachelors of Engineering (Computer Lead field tester

science) with testing experience of 3
Years
Rajesh Kumar ITI mechanical engineer with testing Tester

Singh experience of 5 years
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8. Overview of Daily Trip Activity

The survey started on 14 October 2019 from Bangalore by following the route mentioned in section 5.
8.1. Day 1
Date 14-October-2019
Travel From Bangalore
Travel To Hubli
Total Km Travelled 399 KM
% of LTE signal % of 3G signal % of 2G signal

No network No network
Carriers strength below strength below - strength below -
area (in KM) area %
-113 dbm 85 dbm 101 dbm
Airtel 2G 0 0.00% - - 0.5%
Airtel 3G 0 0.00% - 26.53% -
Airtel 4G 0 0.00% 3.35% - -
Vodafone-Idea
0 0.00% - - 0.00%
2G
Vodafone-Idea
0 0.00% - 41.14% 0.00%
3G
Vodafone-Idea
0 0.00% 5.51% - -
4G
Jio 0 0.00% 2.62% - -
Fig 14: Covered route from Bangalore to Hubli
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8.1.1. Graphical representation of Airtel carrier
Fig 15: Graph overview of Network Lat-Long vs Signal dB of Airtel 2G
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8.1.2. Graphical representation of Vodafone-Idea carrier
Fig 18: Graph overview of Network Lat-Long vs Signal dB of Vodafone-Idea 2G
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8.1.3. Graphical representation of Jio carrier
Fig 21: Graph overview of Network Lat-Long vs Signal dB of Jio
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8.2. Day 2
Travel From Hubli
Travel To Pune

area (in KM) area %
-113 dbm 85 dbm 101 dbm
Airtel 2G 0 0.00% - - 1.09%
Airtel 3G 0 0.00% - 45.77% -
Airtel 4G 0 0.00% 5.24% - -
Vodafone-Idea
0.00% - - 0.00%
2G 0
Vodafone-Idea
0.00% - 53.53% -
3G 0
Vodafone-Idea
4.44% 7.36% - -
4G 19.5
Jio 0 0.00% 4.65% - -
Fig 22: Covered route from Hubli to Pune
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Fig 29: Graph overview of Network Lat-Long vs Signal dB of Jio 4G
8.3. Day 3
Travel From Pune
Travel To Surat

area (in KM) area %
-113 dbm 85 dbm 101 dbm
Airtel 2G 0 0.00% - - 3.89%
Airtel 3G 35 8.08% - 35.61% -
Airtel 4G 27.4 6.33% 7.40% - -
Vodafone-Idea
0.00% - - 0.00%
2G 0
Vodafone-Idea
0.00% - 32.32% -
3G 0
Vodafone-Idea
4.83% 9.19% - -
4G 20.9
Jio 0 0.00% 5.35% - -
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Fig 30: Covered route from Pune to Surat
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8.4. Day 4
Travel From Surat
Travel To Ratanpur border

area (in KM) area %
-113 dbm 85 dbm 101 dbm
Airtel 2G 0 0.00% - - 0.46%
Airtel 3G 38.8 9.72% - 31.88% -
Airtel 4G 6.3 1.58% 5.99% - -
Vodafone-Idea
0.00% - - 0.00%
2G 0
Vodafone-Idea
0.29% - 28.96% -
3G 1.15
Vodafone-Idea
2.51% 4.99% - -
4G 10
Jio 0 0.00% 1.60% - -
Fig 38: Covered route from Surat to Ratanpur Border
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8.5. Day 5
Travel From Ratanpur border
Travel To Ajmer

area (in KM) area %
-113 dbm 85 dbm 101 dbm
Airtel 2G 0.41 0.11% - - 2.19%
Airtel 3G 40.8 10.57% - 51.49% -
Airtel 4G 12.1 3.13% 12.85% - -
Vodafone-Idea
0.00% - - 0.00%
2G 0
Vodafone-Idea
0.00% - 52.06% -
3G 0
Vodafone-Idea
53.29% 13.55% - -
4G 205.7
Jio 0 0.00% 6.82% - -
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Fig 46: Covered route from Ratanpur Border to Ajmer

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8.6. Day 6
Travel From Ajmer
Travel To Delhi

area (in KM) area %
-113 dbm 85 dbm 101 dbm
Airtel 2G 0 0.00% - - 1.14%
Airtel 3G 12 2.88% - 26.43% -
Airtel 4G 8.1 1.95% 2.68% - -
Vodafone-Idea
0.00% - - 0.00%
2G 0
Vodafone-Idea
4.18% - 27.17% -
3G 17.4
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Vodafone-Idea
2.74% 3.23% - -
4G 11.4
Jio 0 0.00% 0.71% - -
Fig 54: Covered route from Ajmer to Delhi
8.6.1. Graphical representation of Airtel Carrier
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8.6.2. Graphical representation of Vodafone-Idea Carrier
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8.6.3. Graphical representation of Jio Carrier
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8.7. Day 7
Travel From Delhi
Travel To Etawah

area (in KM) area %
-113 dbm 85 dbm 101 dbm
Airtel 2G 0 0.00% - - 0.29%
Airtel 3G 0 0.00% - 63.73% -
Airtel 4G 4.6 1.37% 0.30% - -
Vodafone-Idea
0.39% - - 0.00%
2G 1.3
Vodafone-Idea
0.45% - 23.87% -
3G 1.5
Vodafone-Idea
4.14% 2.69% - -
4G 13.9
Jio 0 0.00% 0.91% - -
Fig 62: Covered route from Delhi to Etawah
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Fig 69: Graph overview of Network Lat-Long vs Signal dB of Jio 4G
8.8. Day 8
Travel From Etawah
Travel To Gopigunj
% of LTE signal
No % of 3G signal % of 2G signal
No network strength
Carriers network strength below - strength below -
area (in KM) below -113
area % 85 dbm 101 dbm
dbm
Airtel 2G 0 0.00% - - 0.75%
Airtel 3G 0 0.00% - 47.15% -
Airtel 4G 7.6 1.83% 2.43% - -
Vodafone-Idea
0.00% - - 0.00%
2G 0
Vodafone-Idea
0.70% - 41.74% -
3G 2.9
Vodafone-Idea
40.87% 2.43% - -
4G 170
Jio 0 0.00% 0.76% - -
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Fig 70: Covered route from Etawah to Gopigunj
8.8.1. Graphical representation of Airtel Carrier
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8.8.2. Graphical representation of Vodafone-Idea Carrier
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8.8.3. Graphical representation of Jio Carrier
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8.9. Day 9
Travel From Gopigunj
Travel To Aurangabad

area (in KM) area %
-113 dbm 85 dbm 101 dbm
Airtel 2G 0 0.00% - - 0.13%
Airtel 3G 3.1 1.28% - 35.45% -
Airtel 4G 9.45 3.89% 1.54% - -
Vodafone-Idea
0.00% - - 0.00%
2G 0
Vodafone-Idea
0.00% - 29.18% -
3G 0
Vodafone-Idea
35.80% 2.95% - -
4G 87
Jio 0 0.00% 1.22% - -
Fig 78: Covered route from Gopigunj to Aurangabad
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8.9.1. Graphical representation of Airtel
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8.9.3. Graphical representation of Jio
8.10. Day 10
Travel From Aurangabad
Travel To Kolkata

area (in KM) area %
-113 dbm 85 dbm 101 dbm
Airtel 2G 0 0.00% - - 0.88%
Airtel 3G 0 0.00% - 44.54% -
Airtel 4G 12.7 2.49% 14.98% - -
Vodafone-Idea
0.00% - - 0.00%
2G 0
Vodafone-Idea
0.35% - 46.53% -
3G 1.8
Vodafone-Idea
20.90% 7.82% - -
4G 106.6
Jio 0 0.00% 1.46% - -
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Fig 86: Covered route from Aurangabad to Kolkata
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8.11. Day 11
Travel From Kolkata
Travel To Balasore

area (in KM) area %
-113 dbm 85 dbm 101 dbm
Airtel 2G 0 0.00% - - 1.11%
Airtel 3G 10 4.19% - 47.89% -
Airtel 4G 4.8 2.01% 4.66% - -
Vodafone-Idea 2G 0 0.00% - - 0.00%
Vodafone-Idea 3G 0 0.00% - 35.29% -
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Vodafone-Idea 4G 22.6 9.47% 8.52% - -
Jio 0 0.00% 1.34% - -
Fig 94: Covered route from Kolkata to Balasore
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8.12. Day 12
Travel From Balasore
Travel To Palasa

area (in KM) area %
-113 dbm 85 dbm 101 dbm
Airtel 2G 0.94 0.22% - - 0.00%
Airtel 3G 0 0.00% - 34.99% -
Airtel 4G 8.5 1.95% 3.05% - -
Vodafone-Idea 2G 0 0.00% - - 0.00%
Vodafone-Idea 3G 0 0.00% - 52.25% -
Vodafone-Idea 4G 55.9 12.85% 9.45% - -
Jio 0 0.00% 0.48% - -
Fig 102: Covered route from Balasore to Palasa
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8.13. Day 13
Travel From Palasa
Travel To Visakhapatnam

area (in KM) area %
-113 dbm 85 dbm 101 dbm
Airtel 2G 0 0.00% - - 0.00%
Airtel 3G 0 0.00% - 40.90% -
Airtel 4G 0 0.00% 5.09% - -
Vodafone-Idea 2G 0 0.00% - - 0.00%
Vodafone-Idea 3G 0.9 0.45% - 51.60% -
Vodafone-Idea 4G 8.25 4.15% 14.81% - -
Jio 0 0.00% 0.82% - -
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Fig 110: Covered route from Palasa to Visakhapatnam
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8.14. Day 14
Travel From Visakhapatnam
Travel To Rajahmundry

area (in KM) area %
-113 dbm 85 dbm 101 dbm
Airtel 2G 0 0.00% - - 0.31%
Airtel 3G 0 0.00% - 34.50% -
Airtel 4G 0 0.00% 3.59% - -
Vodafone-Idea 2G 0 0.00% - - 0.00%
Vodafone-Idea 3G 0 0.00% - 31.42% -
Vodafone-Idea 4G 7.3 3.13% 8.33% - -
Jio 0 0.00% 0.95% - -
Fig 118: Covered route from Visakhapatnam to Rajahmundry
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Fig :122 Graph overview of Network Lat-Long vs Signal dB of Vodafone-Idea 2G
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8.15. Day 15
Travel From Rajahmundry
Travel To Nellore

area (in KM) area %
-113 dbm 85 dbm 101 dbm
Airtel 2G 0 0.00% - - 0.00%
Airtel 3G 0 0.00% - 38.34% -
Airtel 4G 0 0.00% 4.57% - -
Vodafone-Idea
0 0.00% - - 0.00%
2G
Vodafone-Idea
0 0.00% - 39.08% -
3G
Vodafone-Idea
4.3 1.04% 9.18% - -
4G
Jio 0 0.00% 0.56% - -
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Fig 126: Covered route from Rajahmundry to Nellore
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8.16. Day 16 (part 1)
Travel From Nellore
Travel To Ambur

area (in KM) area %
-113 dbm 85 dbm 101 dbm
Airtel 2G 0 0.00% - - 0.39%
Airtel 3G 0 0.00% - 35.07% -
Airtel 4G 0 0.00% 7.17% - -
Vodafone-Idea 2G 0 0.00% - - 0.00%
Vodafone-Idea 3G 0 0.00% - 41.51% -
Vodafone-Idea 4G 41 10.54% 8.38% - -
Jio 0 0.00% 2.94% - -
Fig 134: Covered route from Nellore to Ambur
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8.17. Day 16 (part 2)
Travel From Ambur
Travel To Bangalore

area (in KM) area %
-113 dbm 85 dbm 101 dbm
Airtel 2G 0 0.00% - - 0.22%
Airtel 3G 0 0.00% - 11.81% -
Airtel 4G 0 0.00% 1.12% - -
Vodafone-Idea
0.00% - - 0.00%
2G 0
Vodafone-Idea
0.00% - 14.47% -
3G 0
Vodafone-Idea
0.00% 1.60% - -
4G 0
Jio 0 0.00% 1.15% - -
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Fig 142: Covered route from Ambur to Bangalore
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9. Pictures taken during journey
Fig 150: Entering into the Khandala Tunnel
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Fig 151: Mumbai express Highway (Outside of Khandala Tunnel)
Fig 152: Poor highway worsened due to raining monsoon
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Fig 153: Going towards Ambur on NH 16
Fig 154: Going towards Ambur on NH 16 under heavy rain
10. Overview of Indian Telecom market:

The purpose of this survey is to understand the 2G, 3G and 4G network coverage information of major
carriers i.e. Airtel, Vodafone-Idea and Jio across the golden quadrilateral route of India, the largest
highway route of India.
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10.1. Indian Telecommunication Network
India's telecommunication network is the second largest (first is China) in the world by number of
telephone users (both fixed and mobile phone) with 1.183 billion subscribers as on 31 May 2019. As on
31 July 2018, India has the world's second-largest Internet user-base with 460.24 million broadband
internet subscribers in the country.
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_Internet_users
As of 31 December 2018, India had a population of 130 crore people (1.3 billion), 123 crore (1.23 billion)
Aadhaar digital biometric identity cards, 121 crore (1.21 billion) mobile phones, 44.6 crore (446 million)
smartphones, 56 crore (560 million or 43% of total population) internet users up from 481 million people
(35% of the country's total population) in December 2017, and 51 per cent growth in e-commerce.
Link: https://indianexpress.com/article/india/aadhaar-driving-licence-linking-ravi-shankar-prasad-
5525713/
10.2. Frequency Band Summary
In India the leading carriers operate across a wide band of spectrum for their 2G, 3G & 4G networks.
Provided below is the summary of the frequency bands used by Airtel, Vodafone and Jio in India.
Mobile Technology in India Frequency bands in India Operators

GSM (2G) 900 MHz, 1800 MHz Airtel, Idea Vodafone,
WCDMA (3G) 2100 MHz, 900 MHz Airtel, Idea Vodafone
4G LTE (4G) 1800MHz Airtel, Idea Vodafone, Jio
850 MHz Jio
2300 MHz Airtel, Idea Vodafone, Jio
2500 MHz Idea Vodafone
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11. Our Observation:
Zero-sum has taken a survey across the Golden Quadrilateral Route, the largest highway route of India for
the major carriers of India i.e. Airtel, Vodafone-Idea and Jio to collect the information including the
network details of the respective 4G/3G/2G networks of the respective carriers. Zero-sum shared the data
information with Toyota connected India in the requested format i.e. Kml and Csv format. Zero-sum has
studied the network information in details and the same has been shared. Our observations for each
carrier are briefed below and shown in map for better understanding. The maps are marked with different
color and the meaning of each color is defined below:
Good -95 dBm above

Average -99 above
Not Bad -100 dBm Below
11.1. Airtel
Airtel is the first Indian telecom service provider to achieve Cisco Gold Certification. It also acts as a carrier
for national and international long-distance communication services. The company has a submarine cable
landing station at Chennai, with a connection to Singapore. As of 30 April 2019, Airtel has 334.79 million
subscribers with a market share of 28.80% in India. The brand is operated by several subsidiaries of Bharti
Airtel, with Bharti Hexacom and Bharti Telemedia providing broadband fixed line services and Bharti
Infratel providing telecom passive infrastructure service such as telecom equipment and telecom towers.
Bharti Airtel Limited is part of Bharti Enterprises and is headed by Sunil Bharti Mittal.
Currently, Airtel operates all over the country and known best for rural India. It operates with the 3
available carrier i.e. 2G, 3G and 4G.
11.1.1. Airtel 2G
Airtel 2G strength has been shown in the below picture. The picture also shows that it is having very less
no coverage area across the Golden Quadrilateral Route of India. The strength of Airtel 2G is also excellent.
No coverage area of Airtel 2G: 1.35 KM.

Average strength of Airtel 2G: Good
Data of Airtel 2G for all travelled days uploaded in the below link:
• Airtel 2G CSV-
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13gp56RL4k3SpRqJpIRuPrrH4TlpyXqH4?usp=sharing
• Airtel 2G KML-
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1J89S3FKf_iDBsqr7YoHdJFszLtp-RPhe?usp=sharing
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Fig 155: Airtel 2G strength shown on the Golden Quadrilateral Route
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11.1.2. Airtel 3G:
On 18 May 2010, the 3G spectrum auction was completed and Airtel paid the Government of India
₹122.95 billion (US$1.8 billion) for spectrum in 13 circles, the most amount spent by an operator in that
auction. Airtel 3G services are available in 200 cities through its network and in 500 cities through intra-
circle roaming arrangements with other operators.
In 2019, Airtel shut down their 3G network in Kolkata. In Kolkata users can only access 4G and 2G
networks. In an event, Airtel confirmed that it will shut down their 3G network all over India and re-farm
the spectrum towards 4G by the year 2020. Then onwards Airtel will provide only 2G and 4G connectivity
in the country.
During the survey, Zero-sum has noticed the following information:

• Airtel 3G CSV –
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kofuOSnAZUOeDmUIyw9nZSsxGJWOP1eO?usp=shar
ing
• Airtel 3G KML:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-5xiOsZxkJojbnyPzSlGFtkRJJ9mbE0_?usp=sharing
Fig 156: Airtel 3G Strength shown on Golden Quadrilateral Route
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11.1.3. Airtel 4G:
On 19 May 2010, the broadband wireless access (BWA) or 4G spectrum auction in India ended. Airtel paid
₹33.1436 billion (US$480 million) for spectrum in 4 circles: Maharashtra and Goa, Karnataka, Punjab and
Kolkata. Airtel launched 4G services on mobile from February 2014. The first city to get the service was
Bangalore.
As of June 2019, Airtel provides 4G coverage in all India in 22 circles. Airtel extended its 4G network to 15
km off India's coastline, following a request by the Indian Navy. Zero-sum observation for Airtel 4G
services is defined below:

• Airtel 4G CSV:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1APNvHtro8zdI_Dy1OOI-vRT7Iaa_Ahlk?usp=sharing
• Airtel 4G KML:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1f7hKn6wpKEeA-paE9vgH2z8NrVMOKW55?usp=sharing
Fig 157: Airtel 4G Strength shown on the Golden Quadrilateral Route
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11.2. Vodafone-Idea
On 31 August 2018, Vodafone India merged with Idea Cellular, and was renamed as Vodafone Idea
Limited. However, the merged entity continues using both the Idea and Vodafone brand. Vodafone Idea
is a pan-India integrated GSM operator offering 2G, 3G and 4G VoLTE mobile services under two brands
named Vodafone and Idea.
11.2.1. Vodafone-Idea 2G
The network information studied is briefed below:
No coverage area of Vodafone-Idea 2G: 1.3 KM.

Average strength of Vodafone-Idea 2G: Good
Data of Vodafone-Idea 2G for all travelled days uploaded in the below link:
• Vodafone 2G CSV:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1oKCw5H4HZojvnCamlDC5VJ7jvJSwYwon?usp=sharing
• Vodafone 2G KML:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1oCw3Y9K0yR7qH4dsuYnPOkCx_41ZMjRo?usp=sharing
Fig 158: Vodafone-Idea 2G strength shown on the Golden Quadrilateral Route

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The network information studied is briefed below and shown in the below image:

Average strength of Vodafone-Idea 3G: Good
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1LS_EgRNX7oGCUNc8S6f3b4PEMLY9eVJr?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1UMO5Ed4VMGrzl-v6yg1L7lfC7Ppp-tVe?usp=sharing
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The network information studied is briefed below:

Average strength of Vodafone-Idea 4G: Good and some place its average
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1b3vWVvw6e91gjNkOSPrXiai4ezWhOU9L?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16B8reVbeby8pVmshNIlAmqL3G1_eHLUW?usp=sharing
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11.3. Jio
Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, Jio, is an Indian telecommunications company and wholly owned
subsidiary of Reliance Industries, headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It operates a national
LTE network with coverage across all 22 telecom circles. It does not offer 2G or 3G service, and instead
uses only voice over LTE to provide voice service on its 4G network.
Zero-sum doesn’t found no coverage area for Jio across the Golden Quadrilateral Route of India. However,
its strength varies frequently.
No coverage area of Jio 4G: 0 KM.

Average strength of Jio 4G: Good and some place its average
Data of Jio 4G for all travelled days uploaded in the below link:
• Jio 4G CSV:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1RE4dLJlSVtHStveAsZlcGVprltoWIW_x?usp=sharing
• Jio 4G KML:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1MQUgATZp1tlLIqIb-2a3HrhdCb7Tnh-R?usp=sharing
Fig 161: Jio strength across the Golden Quadrilateral Route
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12. Summary & Conclusion:
Summary:
Zero-sum had conducted the network survey on the Golden Quadrilateral route highways connecting
India’s 4 major metropolitan cities namely, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata. The purpose of the
survey was to check the data connectivity of the three largest carriers (i.e. Airtel, Jio and Vodafone-Idea)
in India to understand their availability of 2G, 3G or 4G network and their network strength which would
be adopted by Toyota for its telematics solutions and offerings in India. The journey information is
summarized below:
Start Date: 14 October 2019

End Date: 30 October 2019
Total Covered Distance: 6054 KM
Carrier No coverage area % of No coverage area

(in KM)
Airtel 2G 1.35 KM 0.02%
Airtel 3G 139.7 KM 2.31%
Airtel 4G 101.55 KM 1.68%
Vodafone-Idea 2G 1.3 KM 0.02%
Jio 0 KM 0%
All the survey network information is processed and shared to Toyota in their desired format i.e. .KML file
and .Csv file.
The final data report of the collected. Csv and. Kml information are provided in the link below:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1pINuRXJg5VkNbfrQ9N6NLrvzA-bBfdwK?usp=sharing
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Conclusion:
Zero-Sum gathered all the network coverage information across the Golden Quadrilateral Route of India.
Zero-sum and Toyota connected mutually agreed and considered the below dbm value as standard value
to define as weak network:
• For 2G, if it is below -101 dbm.

The network research data are collected after completing the trip of 6054 Km across the Golden
Quadrilateral Route of India. Based on the observed data, Zero-sum has concluded no network area out
of this total travelled distance.
➢ 2G services: 2G technologies enabled the various networks to provide the services such as text
messages, picture messages, and MMS (multimedia messages). With General Packet Radio
Service (GPRS), 2G offers a theoretical maximum transfer speed of 40 kbit/s. With EDGE
(Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution), there is a theoretical maximum transfer speed of 384
kbit/s.
Sl.No. Trip Summary: Airtel 2G

1 Total distance travelled (Kms) 6054
2 Total No network area in distance (Kms) 1.35
3 Total No Network area in % 0.02%
4 % of area with signal strength below -101dbm 0.85%
5 % of EDGE network area 93%
6 % of GSM network area 2.45%
7 % of GPRM network area 4.24%
Sl. No. Trip Summary: Vodafone-Idea 2G

5 % of EDGE network area 98.17%
6 % of GPRS network area 0.07%
7 % of GSM network area 1.76%
NOTE:
1. In the above table, the sl. No. 4 to 7 are calculated based on the network information recorded
with the span of every 30 seconds in the form of Csv data.
2. The above data is calculated from the survey report which are uploaded in the below link:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Ck1zvG4ffGnlU12q5s5tR7w8sRosXNCz
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Basis our observation, we can conclude that Airtel 2G has a very stable presence across the Golden
Quadrilateral route of India. However, Vodafone-Idea 2G has also a stable presence across the country
and having only 1.3 Km out of 6054 KM of the Golden Quadrilateral Route area where it shows no
coverage. Comparatively, Vodafone-Idea 2G is better than Airtel 2G as Airtel 2G has only 93% of EDGE
network area while Vodafone-Idea has 98.17%.
➢ 3G services: 3G is the third generation of wireless mobile telecommunications technology. It is

the upgrade for 2G and 2.5G GPRS networks, for faster data transfer speed. 3G finds application
in wireless voice telephony, mobile Internet access, fixed wireless Internet access, video calls and
mobile TV.
Sl. No. Trip summary: Airtel 3G

1. Total distance travelled (Kms) 6054
2. Total No network area in distance (Kms) 139.7
3. Total No Network area in % 2.31%
4. % of area with signal strength below -85dbm 38.64%
5. % of UMTS network area 27.98%
6. % of HSPA+ network area 26.54%
7. % of HSDPA network area 11.65%
8. % of HSUPA network area 11.23%
9. % of HSPA network area 22.60%
Sl. No. Trip Summary: Vodafone-Idea 3G

5 % of UMTS network area 13.43%
6 % of HSPA+ network area 9.20%
7 % of HSDPA network area 5.38%
8 % of HSUPA network area 71.99%
NOTE:
1. In the above table, the sl. No. 4 to 9 are calculated based on the network information recorded
with the span of every 30 seconds in the form of Csv data.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1SqMaxHEiCVQgaB060onVCf1cDRE_uAWw
Based on our observation, we can conclude that Vodafone-Idea 3G is comparatively more stable presence
across the Golden Quadrilateral route of India.
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Airtel has announced that Airtel has understood the future and decided to shut down its 3G services across
Pan India. It has already been done in Kolkata and Punjab. The deadline for shutting down across India is
March 2020.
Link:
1. https://trak.in/tags/business/2019/09/04/airtel-embraces-4g-in-a-massive-way-after-kolkata-
airtels-3g-will-be-shut-down-across-india/
2. https://www.airtel.in/press-release/10-2019/airtel-shuts-down-3g-network-in-punjab-
upgrades-customers-to-high-speed-4g-network
Bharti Airtel chief executive Gopal Vittal has announced that by Match 2020, all 22 telecom circles will
have zero 3G coverage, and 100% 4G network. However, Airtel will offer 2G services for providing network
coverage to feature phone users.
➢ 4G services: 4G is the fourth generation of broadband cellular network technology, succeeding

3G. A 4G system must provide capabilities defined by ITU in IMT Advanced. Potential and current
applications include amended mobile web access, IP telephony, gaming services, high-definition
mobile TV, video conferencing, and 3D television.
Trip Summary: Airtel 4G

Total distance travelled (Kms) 6054
Total No network area in distance (Kms) 101.55
Total No Network area in % 1.68%
% of LTE area with signal strength below -113 dbm 5.48%
Trip Summary: Vodafone-Idea 4G

Total No network area in distance (Kms) 784.35
Total No Network area in % 12.96%
Trip Summary: Jio

Total No network area in distance (Kms) 0
Total No Network area in % 0%
NOTE:
1. In the above table, the percentage of LTE area with signal strength below -113 dbm are calculated
based on the network information recorded with the span of every 30 seconds in the form of Csv
data.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=15cJwlNznhbv_IeyRE8tNXNot6H-dkSE_
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Based on our survey, we have concluded that Jio is having 0% no coverage area. However, its strength
varies frequently. In some part of the Golden Quadrilateral route, it gives the weak network which doesn’t
allow to connect with internet and also having issues to call someone because Jio completely works on
Volte to make a call.
Comparatively, Airtel 4G (having 101.55 Km as no coverage area) is better than Vodafone-Idea 4G (having
784.35 km as no coverage area).
Based on the above conclusion and the mutual understanding of Zero-sum and Toyota san, the weak
network can be considered:

And we observed that the below result
• Airtel 2G is having 0.85% of area with signal strength below -101dbm which shows its stability
and excellent presence across the Golden Quadrilateral route. Out of 6054 Km, only 1.35 Km has
no coverage area. It provides the service to connect the people over call and send the normal text
message. However, still there is some place where its strength was poor such as the way from
Mumbai to Vapi in Maharashtra state and Ratanpur to Bichwara in Rajasthan State.
• Vodafone-Idea 2G has 0% of area with the signal strength below -101 dbm. It means its more
stable and also having good presence across the quadrilateral route. However, only 1.3 Km out of
total travelled distance recorded as no coverage area across the travelled route from Delhi to
Etawaha.
• Airtel 3G is having 38.64% of area with signal strength below -85dbm which shows its instability.
Some major area where found the poor signal strength for Airtel 3G across the travelled route are
mentioned below:
▪ Devanagari to Hubli (Karnataka State)
▪ Kolhapur to Pune (Maharashtra)
▪ Lonawala to Mumbai (Maharashtra)
▪ Surat to Vadodara (Gujarat)
▪ Gujarat- Rajasthan Border
▪ Udaipur to Jaipur (Rajasthan)
▪ New- Delhi to Agra route
▪ Aurangabad to Durgapur
▪ Nellore-Chennai route
• Vodafone-Idea 3G has also recorded 38.41% of area with the signal strength below -85 dbm. Its
network varies frequently and recorded poor availability and instability in the below major
travelled route:
▪ Deverahalli to Chitradurga (Karnataka State)
▪ Dharwad to Bagewadi (Karnataka State)
▪ Karnataka- Maharashtra Border
▪ Gujarat-Rajasthan Border
▪ Udaipur-Ajmer route
▪ Aurangabad- Dhanbad route
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▪ Odisha route
▪ Vishakhapatnam to Vijayawada
▪ Nellore-Chennai route
• Airtel 4G is having 5.48 % of LTE area with signal strength below -113 dbm which shows its
instability and frequently switching from 4G to 3G/2G in the below route:
▪ Khandala (Maharashtra)
▪ Gujarat-Maharashtra Border
▪ Gujarat-Rajasthan Border
▪ Rajasthan-Haryana Border
▪ Haryana-Uttar Pradesh Border
▪ Uttar Pradesh route mainly Varanasi area
▪ Odisha route
• Vodafone-Idea 4G has 6.77% signal strength below -113 dbm which shows low comparatively to
Airtel 4G and recorded unstable in the below major traveled route:
▪ Karnataka-Maharashtra Border
▪ Khanadala (Maharashtra)
▪ Gujarat-Rajasthan Border – Udaipur (Rajasthan)
▪ Ajmer area
▪ Haryana-Uttar Pradesh Border
▪ Etawah-Kanpur route
▪ Uttar Pradesh route mainly Varanasi area
▪ Odisha route
• Jio has comparatively 2.11% only showing below of -113 dbm and having good presence across
the route and also stable. However, its strength gets poor over some place but doesn’t switch
because its 2G and 3G service is not available.
finally, it can be said that Vodafone-Idea offers better 2G and 3G services across the Golden Quadrilateral
route of India. It covers major coverage and allow better voice quality, text messages services and also
suitable for moderate multimedia application which doesn’t need high speed connection.
When we talk about the major coverage for 4G services, then, it is none other than the fastest growing
carrier Jio with 0 Km as no coverage area across the Golden Quadrilateral route of India. However, its
strength varies frequently and doesn’t provide stable network till October 2019. In future, it may be
improved in its stability. Airtel 4G is recorder to have 101.55 Km as no coverage area while Vodafone-
Idea 4G is having 784.35 Km. Airtel provides the stable network wherever it presents and suitable for the
multimedia applications and other application which require high speed internet connections such as
maps, telematics applications and etc.
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13. Point of Contact
For any queries related to this document, please contact;
1. Mr. Mallesh B
mallesh@zero-sum.co.in
+91 99109 93197
2. Mr. Lakshmikanth Pol

lakshmikanth_pol@zero-sum.co.in
+91- 87923 45521
The contact information of other team members is mentioned below:
Contact Person Contact Number Mail id

Shibu K Varghese +91- 7995897701 shibuk@zero-sum.co.in
Amit Kumar +91- 86600 30809 amitkumar@zero-sum.co.in
Rajesh Kumar Singh +91- 81238 90957 rajeshkumar@zero-sum.co.in
--- Thank you ---
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ZERO-SUM WIRELESS SOLUTIONS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

Toyota Connected- Network Survey Report

No. 254, 1st Floor, 6th Cross,

1.1. Zero-sum Proposal:

1) The Golden Quadrilateral Route

1.2. Decided route:

Start Date: 14 Oct 2019

Start Date: 15 Oct 2019

Fig 1: Overview image on Google Maps

• Sample Overview of Network tracking

- Layer 1 - Shows carrier network captured by the device

Fig 2: Layer 1 zoom on Google Maps

Layer 2- Shows path tracking

Fig 3: Layer 2 zoom on Google Maps

Fig 4: Layer 2 path tracking with different network

Layer 3- Shows nearby carrier tower present

Fig 5: Layer 3 zoom on Google Maps

Fig 6: 2G Network zoom on Google Maps

Fig 7: CSV file output in graph

3.2. Airtel signal strength definition:

Signal Strength Excellent Good Fair Poor Dead zone/

3.3. Jio signal strength definition:

Signal Strength Excellent Good Fair Poor Dead zone/

Bangalore - Mumbai– Delhi– Kolkata– Chennai–

4.1. Scheduled Route:

Day From To Distance to be Covered

Day From To Distance Covered

• 1 Four-wheeler vehicle (Toyota Innova)

Fig 8: Devices mounted on the panel

Fig 11: The OBD devices provided by Toyota

Fig 12: The ODB devices fixed in the vehicles

• When Airtel or Vodafone-Idea changes from 4G to 3G/ 2G and vice-versa

6. Vehicle and Driver

Fig 13: The Chosen Vehicle

(c) Necessary documents and safety equipment

Mallesh MBA (15 years of experience in the area Project Leader

Lakshmikanth Pol Bachelors of Engineering (Computer Project manager

Shibu K Vargheese Bachelors of Engineering (Electronics & Project coordinator

Amit Kumar Bachelors of Engineering (Computer Lead field tester

Rajesh Kumar ITI mechanical engineer with testing Tester

8. Overview of Daily Trip Activity

% of LTE signal % of 3G signal % of 2G signal

Fig 14: Covered route from Bangalore to Hubli

Fig 15: Graph overview of Network Lat-Long vs Signal dB of Airtel 2G

Fig 16: Graph overview of Network Lat-Long vs Signal dB of Airtel 3G

Fig 17: Graph overview of Network Lat-Long vs Signal dB of Airtel 4G

8.1.2. Graphical representation of Vodafone-Idea carrier

Fig 18: Graph overview of Network Lat-Long vs Signal dB of Vodafone-Idea 2G

Fig 19: Graph overview of Network Lat-Long vs Signal dB of Vodafone-Idea 3G

Fig 20: Graph overview of Network Lat-Long vs Signal dB of Vodafone-Idea 4G

Fig 21: Graph overview of Network Lat-Long vs Signal dB of Jio

% of LTE signal % of 3G signal % of 2G signal

Fig 22: Covered route from Hubli to Pune

Fig 23: Graph overview of Network Lat-Long vs Signal dB of Airtel 2G

Fig 24: Graph overview of Network Lat-Long vs Signal dB of Airtel 3G

Fig 25: Graph overview of Network Lat-Long vs Signal dB of Airtel 4G

Fig 26: Graph overview of Network Lat-Long vs Signal dB of Vodafone-Idea 2G

Fig 27: Graph overview of Network Lat-Long vs Signal dB of Vodafone-Idea 3G

Fig 28: Graph overview of Network Lat-Long vs Signal dB of Vodafone-Idea 4G

Fig 29: Graph overview of Network Lat-Long vs Signal dB of Jio 4G

% of LTE signal % of 3G signal % of 2G signal

Fig 30: Covered route from Pune to Surat