Telcos will need to engineer headroom into networks as traffic levels are expected to remain elevated amid the pandemic, driven by growing consumption of digital services like video streaming, video conferencing and gaming, a report by Nokia Deepfield said on Tuesday. Nokia Deepfield released its Network Intelligence Report which examined service provider network traffic and consumption trends in 2020.
The data is based on insights from network service providers across Europe and North America from February to September 2020 using Nokia Deepfield portfolio of solutions.
The report found that many networks experienced a year's worth of traffic growth (30-50 per cent) in just a few weeks as COVID-19 lockdown measures were implemented in March-April 2020. By September, traffic had stabilised at 20-30 per cent above pre-pandemic levels, with further seasonal growth to come.
From February to September, there was a 30 per cent increase in video subscribers, a 23 per cent increase in VPN end-points in the US, and a 40-50 per cent increase in DDoS traffic (Denial-of-service attack), it added.
"While the networks held up during the biggest demand peaks, data from September 2020 indicates that traffic levels remain elevated even as computer engineering definition are eased; meaning, service providers will need to continue to engineer headroom into the networks for future eventualities," it said.
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