22,06 million calls from Makkah Almukarramah on the eighth day of Dhu al-Hijjah 1440-2019

CITC revealed statistics of the performance of telecommunication networks in Makkah for the eighth day of Dhu al-Hijjah 1440-2019 where data consumption reached 1921 terabytes with a rise of 31 % compared to last year. This is equivalent to watching more than 787thousand hours of video footage at 1080p HD resolution.

The statistics also included average of daily data consumption per person; the average rate reached (340 MB / subscriber) compared to daily global data consumption rate per person (180 MB / subscriber), noting that the most popular applications are (in order): YouTube, Facebook, Snap Chat, WhatsApp, Instagram.

The statistics additionally mentioned that average Internet download speed reached (43.05) in Makkah, achieving an improvement rate of (76.21%) compared to last year. The number of domestic calls reached (18 millions) while international calls reached (4.6 millions ) with success rate of 99%.