The telecom operator Proximus says that it recorded a 17% increase in mobile data traffic on New Year's Eve. Meanwhile, the number of New Year’s greetings sent by text message continues to fall.
Proximus sees mobile data usage continue to rise, number of text messages continues to fall
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This New Year's Eve, 4.4 million text messages were sent, a decrease of 1 million messages or 18 per cent compared with the previous New Year’s Eve.
In a statement Proximus said “Nevertheless, text messaging remains a popular means of communication when exchanging New Year's greetings. The volume of text messages was still around 60% higher than on an average night. At around midnight, we still see a peak in text messages (almost 500 per second) and this is three times higher than at midnight on an average night”