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Thika Road

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January 20162ObjectiveDrive Test with phones on Dual Mode from forest Road(Nairobi) to Thika town and compare the three Networks Performance on :General Network Coverage RxLev/RSCPGeneral Network Quality Rxqual/RSCPNegative Events like Call drops and Handover FailuresUe/Ms Tx Power Plot Setup failuresCall Drops Call Setup TimeMethodology70 seconds call with a pause duration of 30 seconds ( Applies for an MS on Automatic mode) to allow for reselection.MOC( Mobile to test numbers)- Safaricom - 918Airtel - 0733000142Orange -777Number of execution set to 9999.

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Drive Test RoutestartEND3Board of Directors C3 - Safaricom Confidential10th Nov 20104THIKA ROAD SUMMARYNetwork CoverageSafaricom - over 88.8% Good Highway Coverage(above -85dBm) (Best)Airtel About 72.7% Good Coverage(above -85dBm) Orange About 80.8% Good Coverage(above -85dBm) NB: This Values are on dedicated mode and are subject to power Control.Network QualityAirtel has the best Quality with 92.1% 2G Rxqual samples below 5 and 60.2% 3G EcNo samples above -9dB.Orange has poorest 2G Quality.Poor dominance around Juja, Ruiru and Githurai causing call drops(Juja) to both Safaricom and Airtel.RecommendationsRF optimization for sites along Thika road Especially around Ruiru and GithuraiRF or new site required around Juja where there is ping pong handover, prolonged interference and a call drop.

4Board of Directors C3 - Safaricom Confidential10th Nov 2010Safaricom Call DetailsC3 - Safaricom Confidential5CC MessagesCountRR MessagesCountCC Setup21RR Handover Command47CC Call Confirmed0RR Handover Complete46CC Connect21RR Handover Failure0CC Alerting21The EventsCountMM MessagesCountOutgoing Call Starts21MM Location Updating Request11Outgoing Call Setup OK18MM Location Updating Accept11Outgoing Call Setup Failure2MM Location Updating Reject0Incoming Call Starts0Incoming Call Setup OK0Incoming Call Setup Failure0Call Completed18Call Dropped1Handover OK46Handover Failure0Location Update OK9Location Update Failure0SummaryCall Setup Success Rate (CSSR)90.00%85.71%85.71%Call Completion Rate (CCR)100.00%85.71%100.00%End to End Call Completion Rate (E2E CCR)90.00%Handover Success Rate (HSR)100.00%Location Update Success Rate (LUSR)100.00%TECHNOLOGYC3 - Safaricom Confidential6

SafaricomAirtelOrangeIn all the networks, phones on dual mode initiated and maintained calls on 2G network for Safaricom phone on Dual mode spend 88% on 2G compared to 72% for airtel. No Voice calls were made on Orange 3G.Coverage RXLEV/RSCPC3 - Safaricom Confidential7

SafaricomAirtelOrangeSafaricom has better Coverage along Thika road with 2G having about 88.7% having better than -85dBm while 3G has 80.6% better than -85dBm. Quality RxQual/EcNoC3 - Safaricom Confidential8

SafaricomAirtelOrangeAirtel has better quality in both 2G (92.1% RXQual better than 5)and 3G(60.2% of EcNo better that -9dB) while Orange has the poorest.BAND UTILIZATIONC3 - Safaricom Confidential9

SafaricomAirtelOrangeSafaricom has the best 1800 band utilization with 79.8% of 2G calls utilizing the bandCALL DROP EVENTSC3 - Safaricom Confidential10

SafaricomAirtelOrangeOrange had zero call drops while safaricom dropped one call in 2G in Juja while Airtel dropped a call on 3G in RuiruDominance &Interference EventsC3 - Safaricom Confidential11

Safaricom has the largest cases of Prolonged interference and Ping-pong hand overs. SafaricomAirtelOrangeServing CIC3 - Safaricom Confidential12

SafaricomAirtelOrangeSafaricom Call Drop happened in a section of the highway where there is no Dominance.13MethodologyBenchmarked the three networks by downloading and uploading two files as shown below from the indicated ftp server Phones were locked to WCDMASmartphone 3MB http DL- dest external serverSmartphone 1MB http UL dest external serverftp server: 212.49.70.12ObjectiveTo compare:Active Ec/Io PlotActive RSCP Plot Ue/Ms Tx Power Plot PSC PlotThroughput D/LThroughput U/L13Board of Directors C3 - Safaricom Confidential10th Nov 201014THIKA ROAD DATA SUMMARYNetwork CoverageSafaricom - has the best coverage with samples above -85dBm being 70.4%Airtel About 58.8% Good Coverage(above -85dBm) Orange About 61.8% Good Coverage(above -85dBm) Network QualityAirtel has the best Quality with 48.3% 3G EcNo samples above -9dB.Safaricom has poorest 3G Quality.Poor dominance around Kasarani, Southern Bypass Junction-Ruiru and Juja.causing RRC drops(Juja) to both Safaricom and Airtel.RecommendationsRF optimization for sites along Thika road Especially around Ruiru and GithuraiRF or new site required around Juja where there is ping pong handover, prolonged interference and a call drop.

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Active RSCP15SafaricomAirtelOrange

Safaricom has the best Coverage compared to the other operators with 70.4% of the sample having RSCP of -85dBm and above. Ruiru and Juja areas stand out as having poor CoverageRuiruJuja15Board of Directors C3 - Safaricom Confidential10th Nov 2010

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SafaricomSafaricom has the poorest EN/Io with only 37.7% of the samples being better that -9dB. Worst Affected area is around Juja. Airtel has the best QualityJuja16Board of Directors C3 - Safaricom Confidential10th Nov 201017PSC PlotOrange

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Safaricom

Safaricom has the highest number of PsC serving the road, indicating lack of cell dominance especially between Roysambu and Ruiru.(highlighted)17Board of Directors C3 - Safaricom Confidential10th Nov 2010RRC Drops & Pilot Pollution EventsC3 - Safaricom Confidential18

Safaricom had 4 RRC drops where there was high Pilot Polution and no PSC dominance.Safaricom RRC drops around happened around Forest Road, Kasarani, Southern Bypass Junction-Ruiru and Juja.