NEW YEAR'S EVE 2020 IN THE T-MOBILE NETWORK

• Data traffic increased by almost half year-on-year
• The number of calls remained at the same level as in 2019 – over 22 million
• Decline of text messages continues – customers sent 11.5 million

Prague, January 1, 2020 – New Year's Eve in the T-Mobile network confirmed the trends of recent years. While the volume of transferred data is growing, the number of calls remains stable, but the number of SMS continues to decline. Customers made 22,111,933 calls in the T-Mobile network, sent 11,512,994 SMS and 311,080 MMS. Compared to New Year's Eve 2019, data traffic increased by 47% to almost 1,756 TB and was strongest between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. We traditionally called and sent SMS the most in the first quarter of the new year.

The number of calls remained almost unchanged compared to the previous year (-0.93%) and remained above 22 million. However, in the first 15 minutes of 2021, voice traffic grew by almost a quarter and reached almost 1.5 million calls.

The volume of New Year's Eve and New Year's SMS, as in the previous year, decreased year-on-year, by more than two million from a total of 13.7 to 11.5 million. We most often wished for the new year in the first quarter of an hour after midnight, when over one million SMS messages passed through the T-Mobile network. The number of MMS decreased by less than 5% from 327,000 to 311,000. Multimedia messages were mostly whizzed by air from 00:15 to 00:30.

Even the last day of last year confirmed the trend of ever-growing popularity of mobile internet. The total volume of transferred data increased by 47% year-on-year to 1,756 TB. The traffic exceeded the numbers from 2019 all day, the busiest hour was between 21:15 and 22:15. In 2019, on the contrary, it was after five o'clock in the afternoon.

T-Mobile Czech Republic, a member of the international telecommunications group Deutsche Telekom, has almost 6.2 million customers, the number-one operator in the Czech market. T-Mobile is an integrated operator: in addition to telecommunications services, it offers comprehensive ICT solutions not only for companies, but also for other organizations and individuals. It provides outstanding services in the high-speed network, which was proved repeatedly by benchmark testing performed by umlaut (former P3) with Best-in-Test seal.

T-Mobile Czech Republic places emphasis on taking a responsible approach to the environment and society. It adheres to fair business practices, helps beneficial applications and services to see the light of day, supports non-profit organizations, small businesses and individuals, and lends a helping hand whenever crisis situations arise. The company’s employees serve as volunteers in many places across the entire Czech Republic.

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