OREANDA-NEWS. Tele2, an alternative mobile operator, has summed up results of network operations on 8 March and 23 February. Over these days clients sent over 156 mn messages and made 209 mn phone calls and.

Tele2 subscribers traditionally use mobile service more actively on holidays. International Women’s Day and Defender of the Fatherland Day are comparable with New Year in terms of performed calls and delivered text messages. Just as last year, Tele2 subscribers preferred real-life communication to congratulatory messages: on average, they made three phone calls, each of them 2.5 minutes long.

On 8 March, Tele2 clients made 111 mn calls and sent 109 mn SMS and MMS. On Defender of the Fatherland Day the number of phone calls exceeded 97 mn, whereas the number of SMS and MMS totaled 47 mn. Overall duration of phone calls over two holidays exceeded 515 mn minutes.

Chelyabinsk and Irkutsk account for most of the delivered messages and phone calls. On 8 March and 23 February residents of the two cities sent over 32 mn SMS and MMS and called their relatives and friends over 26 mn times.

The Tele2 network has successfully carried heavy loads. This resulted from preliminary preparations for peak traffic on holidays, upgrading the existing facilities and construction of the new ones.