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Telia Sweden says Covid-19 causes rise in Christmas mobile calls, texts, viewing

Monday 4 January 2021 | 13:08 CET | News
Telia Sweden has reported a year-on-year increase in mobile voice calls in particular during the week of Christmas 2020, as coronavirus kept people apart. Older people and residents of the island of Gotland talked almost 50 percent longer. Swedes were chattiest on 23 December, when calls were 25.1 percent longer than on a normal Wednesday, the operator said.

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Categories: Broadcast & Satellite / Mobile & Wireless
Companies: Telia
Countries: Sweden
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