Communications Commission: 1,479 Terabytes of Data Consumption on the Eleventh Day of Dhu al-Hijjah in Makkah

The Communications and Information Technology Commission issued today the statistics on the performance of communications networks in Makkah for the eleventh day of Dhu al-Hijjah 1439H. In detail, the report showed that the number of local and international calls reached (24.4) million, indicating that the call success rate index exceeded 99%.

The Commission indicated that the volume of data downloaded reached (1,479) terabytes, an increase estimated at 37% over last year, equivalent to watching more than (900,000) hours of video content in 1080p HD quality, in addition to the internet download speed reaching (21.64 Mbps), an improvement of (96%) compared to last year, while the upload speed reached about (10 Mbps), an improvement of (69%) compared to last year.

The Commission added that the average individual's daily data consumption rate in Makkah during the eleventh day of Dhu al-Hijjah 1439H reached (286 megabytes/subscriber), compared to the global average individual daily data consumption rate of (150 megabytes/subscriber), noting that the most data-consuming applications were (YouTube, Snapchat, Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram).