BENGALURU: With a constant urge of monitoring network performance and boosting the quality of data services, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has introduced an instant speed check App (MySpeed), reports Yahoo News. The app effectively allows Indian users to check the internet speed on their smartphones and share the information with the regulatory in real time. TRAI will utilize the information collected from subscribers to stage new quality of service (QoS) norms. The new norms are expected to be effective within a month. Key motive of the app is to elevate the level of transparency and encourage a healthy competition in the telecom sector.

“Through the application (Trai Myspeed App), we 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 a real-time basis,’’ says R S Sharma, Chairman, TRAI.

Previously, TRAI had expressed concerns on the issue of call drops and asked telecom service providers across the country to offer compensation for customers. However, the TRAI’s order was stated invalid by the Supreme Court. With telecom operators already having considerable differences with the regulatory authority over the monitoring of call drops, the quality of data services issue could create serious complications. Telecom companies have also been given a halt by the regulatory as they limited their investment on the voice services infrastructure and focused primarily on the blooming data services business.

“Now we are saying that if you cannot provide minimum speed of data then at least average speed can be assured. In the consultation paper we will discuss what can be the average criteria,” states Sharma.

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