Opensignal is back again with another report and this time around, it's about analyzing mobile data consumption and experience during the COVID-19 pandemic. The report features many countries on their usage and Malaysia is included as well. If you've wondered how the rest of our Malaysian people handled mobile data consumption, read on below.
Looking at the graph below provided by Opensignal, the two lines presented are 'Average data consumption' and 'Download Speed Experience'. The graph showed the two lines in the Malaysia graph have a great contrast in March, going in the opposite direction as far as they can and it was the time when the first Movement Control Order happened. In case you have forgotten, our local telcos have limited the speed so that Malaysians stuck at home can surf online steadily, hence the sharp drop on the download speed and the spike on data consumption.
Besides Malaysia, other developing countries also experienced the same thing such as India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Peru, Saudi Arabia, and Thailand. Interestingly, Taiwan and Latin American countries experience the total opposite from, as they experienced low data consumption and high download speed experience. Then as for developed countries like the US, Switzerland, Australia and others, there was no change between the two metric lines.
In conclusion, Opensignal suggests that since many people were staying at home during the pandemic period, many of them would have Internet access via WiFi. This could be the reason why developed and Latin American countries have little to a sharp decrease on mobile data consumption, as well as suggesting that developing countries (like ours) are still lacking a WiFi network at home.
But what do you think? Let us know in the comments below and if you want to read the full report, you can head over here. Stay tuned for more trending tech news like this only at TechNave.com.
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