Eid Holiday; Indosat Ooredoo Data Traffic Rockets 73 Percent
20 June 2018 15:30 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Telecommunications services and network provider Indosat Ooredoo group head of network operations, Umar Hadi, said the company recorded the highest increase in data traffic during the peak of Eid’s homecoming or three days before Eid at 5,338.47 terabytes per day or by 49.70 percent compared to that of regular days.
“It is supported by the trend of social media usage that gradually rose,” he said in a written statement, Wednesday, June 20.
Ooredo data traffic soared on Eid al-Fitr by 73 percent or at 4.867,58 terabyte per day compared to the same days in 2017. Contrary to data service, voice and SMS services slipped during the Eid holidays this year.
Umar explained voice traffic tumbled by 17.37 percent to 153.91 million minutes.
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Indosat Ooredoo successfully catered telecommunication services to its 96.2 million users during Eid holidays, said Umar. “This is the result of our effort in enhancing the internet bandwidth, monitoring network quality through INOC and quality service through ISOC, as well as activating 24-hour service on Command Center Lebaran.”
Umar said Indosat Ooredo set up its command center that operated days prior to and after Eid in a bid to stem possible problems through its Performance Monitoring team and Customer Service team.
CHITRA PARAMAESTI
