Chennai:
The protests against ban on Jallikattu resulted in a record consumption of data in the 3km Marina stretch on Thursday, according to mobile operators.
The state owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, which has 11 towers in the stretch and is way ahead of its competitors in the stretch dotted by government agencies, said that the consumption of data more than doubled putting pressure on the voice services.
“Usually the average consumption of data on any given day is 7 Gigabyte (GB) but during the protest it has more than doubled,” said DM Bhaskar, General Manager Mobile (Planning and Operations), told Express.
It is learnt that a total of 15.3GB of data of BSNL was consumed on Thursday which is a record in itself. Interestingly, the data capacity of BSNL is 18 GB and Bhaskar hopes that it could easily be surpassed on Friday.
“The data is measured only in the evening. If it surpasses the limit on Friday then we have to limit voice services and give the space to mobile data services,” he added.
Bhaskar said that it is a tradeoff between data and voice services. “Usually, we provide 50pc data and 50 per cent voice. Since there is a huge demand for data, we will cut down the voice,” he added.
Meanwhile, private operators remained secretive about data consumption during the Jallikattu protest. Sources in Vodafone said that it rose substantially during the three days of protest but refused to part with any break-up. Airtel spokesman Swamithan Subramanian refused to part with any information.
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