Festivals push Swisscom, Sunrise and Salt into the ropes!

2023-07-09 03:51:23

Party with 5G! Image: Bing + Photoshop AI.

The phenomenon is not new, but continues to intensify. During festivals and celebrations in the summer, large human concentrations overload the telecom networks. Operators sometimes deploy significant resources. Zurich’s fireworks are iconic…

As the Weltwoche states in this article On the occasion of the Züri-Fäscht 2023, hundreds of thousands of people will want to simultaneously capture, share and post these unforgettable explosions of light with their mobile phones. Mobile phone networks will therefore be pushed into the ropes, to their limit…

Additional mobile antennas

As on such occasions, operators make extensive arrangements, such as mobile antennas, to ensure network stability, but there may be overloads and delays. Swisscom and Sunrise UPC, for example, have installed such cells to boost mobile coverage.

A Swisscom spokesperson told Weltwoche that approximately one million visitors were expected for the Züri-Fäscht. He took the opportunity to point out that in recent months, significant steps have been taken to make existing sites compatible with 5G and to extend them with 4G.

Those good old ways…

Still, the good old methods are not totally obsolete. To help visitors stay informed, we recommend using the Züri-Fäscht app, which makes the entire program and services available offline, advised the spokesperson, for example, who therefore cannot fully guarantee the service.

My comment? In our digital information society, the smartphone not only allows you to be seen on social networks, but allows you to find your way, pay, set up your mobile subscription, present your plane tickets or for a concert, without talk regarding photos and videos. And it is during such events that 5G becomes essential to allow everyone to live in the digital age…

Xavier Studer

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