As work-from-home and distance learning orders stretch on, the effects of the pandemic on the digital sector have begun to come into focus.
According to a July report on a roundtable organized by ITU on the economic impact of COVID-19 on digital infrastructure, WiFi capacity has been stressed by an 80 percent increase in PC uploads to cloud computing platforms, with additional peaks from video conference calls.
Overall, telecommunication networks have exhibited consistent resilience in the face of the changes in traffic, with accessible ultra-broadband technologies such as fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) poised to be better prepared to respond to spikes in broadband traffic.
In addition, countries with the largest deployments of accessible ultra-broadband have exhibited less slowdown in latency and download speed.
“As is the case with the whole economy, the pandemic has had an almost immediate impact on the financial performance of digital infrastructure compa
