Faithful mobile users test network limits in Mecca

Bandar Al Qafari

When pilgrims gather in Mecca for the Hajj, they make 450 million calls and send one billion SMS messages in just one week. These record-breaking figures seem certain to increase, since network traffic during the Hajj has been growing by 30% every year since 2001. Bandar Al Qafari, GM, Networks Implementation at Saudi Telecom Company (STC), explains what the company is doing to successfully accommodate these yearly traffic spikes.

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File size: 2.5 MB
Duration: 4:16 min
Date: January 2009