How machine learning is giving mobile networks a shot in the arm during covid-19

Video consumption was skyrocketing even before the lockdowns. And over the past few months Netflix, Amazon, HBO Now and most recently Disney Plus have seen their subscriber base explode. For the operators running the networks that deliver all that content, it has been a test of business agility to reconfigure networks fast to keep up with the changing situation on the ground, ensuring their subscribers could continue making Zoom calls and binge a boxset. In Italy, the first country in Europe to enforce a lockdown, peak throughput on the mobile network increased by up to 90% compared to the weeks before lockdown. In Spain, the mobile network experienced a 35% increase in throughput, while over fixed networks it increased 50%.