Mobile Network Drive Test

Benchmarking Report for Al Buraimi Governorate

Drive Test Procedure

Conducted By: Telecommunication Regulatory Authority, Quality of Service Location: Al Buraimi, City Center Test Date & Time: Monday 25th February 2013, 10:00 A.M. Onwards Test Purpose: To check QoS of Licensees Mobile Networks Test Equipment: TEMS Investigation 11.0, Sony Ericsson W995 Handsets Test Configuration: Dual Mode (3G + 2G) with Random Call Initiation and Call End

Note: The Quality of Service of any Mobile Network is determined by a set of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and

doesn’t depend only on the Received Signal Strength.

Drive Test Region

Zone 1: Al Khadra

Zone 2: Saa’rah, Hamasah

Zone 3: Ghuraifah, Buraimi City

Entrance

Omantel: Received Signal Strength for 2G/3G

Nawras: Received Signal Strength for 2G/3G

Zone 1: Received Signal Strength Comparison

Omantel and Nawras

Omantel Nawras

Zone 1: Received Signal Quality Comparison

Omantel and Nawras

Omantel Nawras

Zone 2: Received Signal Strength Comparison

Omantel and Nawras

Omantel Nawras

Zone 2: Received Signal Quality Comparison

Omantel and Nawras

Omantel Nawras

Zone 3: Received Signal Strength Comparison

Omantel and Nawras

Omantel Nawras

Zone 3: Received Signal Quality Comparison

Omantel and Nawras

Omantel Nawras

Quality of Service Indicators

Mean Signal Level

– Higher is Better Mean Signal Quality

– 2G Lower is Better/ 3G Higher is Better

32.7

29.5

35

29.4

26

27

28

29

30

31

32

33

34

35

36

2G 3G

Omantel

Nawras

0.92

0.52

1.43

1.04

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1

1.2

1.4

1.6

2G 3G

Omantel

Nawras

Quality of Service Indicators

Mean Speech Quality (MOS)

– Higher is Better

3.31 3.63

0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

4

4.5

5

2G + 3G

Omantel

Nawras

Quality of Service Indicators

Drop Call Rate & Block Call Rate

– Lower is Better Call Setup Success Rate & Handover

Success Rate – Higher is Better

14.3

0

11.1

4.25

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

Drop Call Rate Block Call Rate

Omantel

Nawras

98

95.15

95.7

93.8

91

92

93

94

95

96

97

98

99

Call Setup SuccessRate

Handover SuccessRate

Omantel

Nawras

Call Event Statistics

Selected Key Events Count

Call Established

Call Attempt 47

Call Attempt Retry 6

Blocked Call 2

Call Setup 45

Call Established 45

Call Release

Call End 40

Dropped Call 5

Hand Over

HandOver Command 98

Handover completed 92

Handover failed 6

Modify

Location Update Request 39

Location Update completed 39

Location Update failed 0

Cell Reselection 33

Dedicated Mode 5

Idle Mode 93

Selected Key Events Count

Call Established

Call Attempt 50

Call Attempt Retry 2

Blocked Call 0

Call Setup 49

Call Established 49

Call Release

Call End 43

Dropped Call 7

Hand Over

HandOver Command 165

Handover completed 157

Handover failed 8

Modify

Location Update Request 31

Location Update completed 31

Location Update failed 0

Cell Reselection 26

Dedicated Mode 7

Idle Mode 95

Omantel Nawras

TRA Remarks

• Drive Test results indicate network behavior on a particular day and a particular instance of time and does not account for changing traffic trends over the period of time.

• Network level stats may vary depending on the overall network performance based on an hour, day, week, month or quarter.

• The Benchmarking data is provided for beneficiaries understanding and comparison of the Operators network coverage, call quality, reliability and service availability in their respective areas.