Dutch telecom providers again processed a record amount of data on New Year’s Eve. At KPN, at 453 terabytes, almost a third more data was transmitted on the network than last year. At T-Mobile, consumption has also increased, but only by five percent.
The three main Dutch mobile operators, KPN, T-Mobile and VodafoneZiggo, all report an increase in data usage. According to the providers, this has to do with the fact that there was a blockage last year. As a result, many people then entered 2022 from home. There were no restrictions this year and the Dutch celebrated New Year’s Eve outside the door, so they also exchanged more messages with each other. While providers report an increase in data usage, the number of text messages sent and outgoing phone calls has decreased slightly.
KPN extension
KPN extension writes which processed 453 terabytes of mobile data on New Year’s Eve. This happened between 10pm and 4am This is way over a year ago when it was still processing 343 terabytes of data. The peak was between 00.05 and 00.10. The number of text messages has gone down, albeit a relatively small drop. KPN customers sent 1.2 million text messages, up from 1.4 million last year. The number of calls dropped from 4.1 million to 3.9 million in that six-hour period.
Vodafone Ziggo
Also Vodafone Ziggo seen an increase. In the same hours between 10pm and 4am, 47% more data was used than a year earlier, the provider says, though it doesn’t mention concrete numbers. Vodafone’s peak load was also in the first ten minutes of the new year. Ziggo’s landline data usage increased by 27% during peak hours.
VodafoneZiggo also does not mention concrete figures for calls and messages, but the number of messages has decreased by 5% and the number of calls by 17% at the provider.
T-Mobile
T-Mobile writes that a five percent growth in mobile data usage was seen during the end of the year, but the provider doesn’t mention concrete numbers or further details. The peak at the provider was between 00.05 and 00.15, but T-Mobile does not write how much data was used and in what period of time this happened.
