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"The Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent national lockdowns have underlined the importance of reliable data services in keeping people, communities, businesses and the nation at large connected, and in ensuring essential commercial and public services continue unhindered," said the
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Since March last year, the country has been under lockdown mode as authorities seek to arrest the spread of the deadly pandemic.
The travel restrictions and restricted business operations have crippled trading volumes and to a larger extent frustrated productive value-chains locally and globally. This has driven a spike in data usage with the recent sector performance report released by industry regulator, Potraz at the end of last year, showing that mobile Internet and data traffic grew by 43 percent across the country, from 10 407tb recorded in the second quarter, to 14 878tb in the third quarter of 2020.
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"We are proud to play our part in driving digital transformation across our country and in helping people, communities and businesses stay connected and be able to do business in these trying times," an
"We are also aware that in a few areas where demand has exceeded supply, some of our customers may now be experiencing intermittent connectivity issues during peak periods. But we are working flat out with our vendors and partners to optimise the network in such areas."
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