World Cup traffic could clog mobile networks June 2, 2010
he World Cup could lead to an increase in data usage on mobile phone networks and lead to the services becoming “oversaturated”, according to industry analysts at management consultancy firm Deloitte.
As technology has improved, it is now easy for users to stream entire football matches on their mobile phones, using BBC iPlayer’s iPhone-optimised website, for instance, but each user would need about 400mb of data per game. According to Ed Marsden, telecoms partner in Deloitte’s Information and Technology Risk team, that means “There is a high probability that networks could become oversaturated during midweek day games if individuals do not have television access and, in turn, opt for online viewing.”
Read more: Telegraph
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