NEW DELHI: You will soon be able to check if receiving a mobile call will mean running to the balcony of your home in the hope of getting network coverage just as you do in your current residence. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) Friday launched a platform that will rate buildings based on their digital connectivity, enabling people to choose accordingly.Trai Friday launched a “digital connectivity rating” (DCR) platform for the same and also a mobile app for testing digital connectivity. Which means like being rated on green parameters like water and power usage, buildings will have a new rating too that could mean avoiding homes where taking a call means standing in an open balcony.Trai chairman Anil Kumar Lahoti said: “The Digital Connectivity Rating Platform establishes a transparent and standardised framework for assessing the digital connectivity readiness of properties. By making ratings publicly searchable and verify the certificates, the platform will empower consumers with credible and comparable information. It will help them make more informed choices about homes and offices with strong and reliable connectivity, supporting smoother calls, downloads and access to online services. It will also enable consumers to recognise the value of digital connectivity infrastructure built into a property, while encouraging property managers to plan such infrastructure at the appropriate stage of property development.”The platform offers a public rating search page where consumers can search for a rated property by property name, or location. They can view the property’s digitally signed rating certificate and verify its authenticity through the QR code provided on the certificate. Based on this information consumer can make an informed choice while selecting the desired property prior to making the final purchase or lease decision.“The platform provides a public interface for consumers to view the properties rated for digital connectivity. It brings property managers (PMs) registered Digital Connectivity Rating Agency (DCRA) and consumer onto a common digital interface. Property managers can register their properties in category of public, govt, commercial, private, submit rating applications, upload the prescribed information and documents, select a registered DCRA and track the status of their application through the platform. The platform supports the prescribed assessment workflow for both constructed and under-construction properties,” Trai said in a statement .The platform enables the digital workflow relating to assessment, report generation, certification and publication of ratings. Consumers and other stakeholders will be able to search rated properties, view published ratings, verify the corresponding certificates and compare the properties of interest.” Field assessments will be facilitated through a dedicated DCRA mobile app. The app will enable authorised DCRA to undertake in-building digital connectivity measurements in accordance with the prescribed testing methodology. Property information received through the web portal and the assessment data captured through the mobile application will be synchronised in the platform,” said the statement .
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The DCR framework provides a standardised method for evaluating digital connectivity within properties. The assessment considers prescribed parameters relating to fibre readiness, mobile network availability, in-building solutions and Wi-Fi infrastructure, with applicable benchmarks for different categories of properties.” The framework seeks to encourage the consideration of Digital Connectivity Infrastructure at appropriate stages of property development and facilitate the assessment of infrastructure and connectivity performance in existing properties. The Digital Connectivity Rating (DCR) Platform can be accessed at: https://dcrp.trai.gov.in,” it added.