TRAI to launch an app which measures data speed

New Delhi: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India told it will launch an app on 5 July, that enables users to measure mobile internet speed and send a report to the authority. The application will also send coverage, data speed and network information along with device and location of the customer.

TRAI has defined minimum internet speed that should be delivered to consumers. However, consumers often complain of poor speed. The regulator during its drive test has also found that 3G customers of some operators were getting 2G internet speed most of the time in select cities. TRAI also said “The MySpeed App, which could be downloaded from the mobile sewa app store, allows users to measure their data speed experience and send the results to this (Trai Analytics Portal).”