Vodacom says data traffic has surged during the lockdown
As South Africans stay at home, the country’s largest mobile operator wants additional radio spectrum
16 April 2020 - 12:03
SA’s largest mobile operator Vodacom says data traffic on its network has surged as much as 40% during SA’s Covid-19 lockdown, and it has requested access to additional radio spectrum.
On Thursday, the company which has 44-million subscribers in SA, said the rise in internet traffic was due to people working and entertaining from home, but also due to zero-rating certain education, government and health sites to assist during the health and economic crisis...
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