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MTS says Facebook failure caused sharp rises in voice and SMS traffic

Wednesday 6 October 2021 | 12:58 CET | News
Russian operator MTS has announced that SMS and voice traffic suddenly soared in the evening of 04 October, during the period when Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp faced technological problems. SMS traffic jumped by 460 percent, duration of calls increased by 250 percent by comparison to analogous periods within few earlier days.

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Categories: Internet / Mobile & Wireless
Companies: Facebook / MTS / TikTok / Vkontakte
Countries: Russian Federation
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