topic Has the COVID-19 pandemic affected global roaming? in SMS 365, operator service https://community.sinch.com/t5/SMS-365-operator-service/Has-the-COVID-19-pandemic-affected-global-roaming/m-p/5499#M70 <P>Yes, very much so.&nbsp; Starting in mid-March, 2020, global GRX peering traffic dropped considerably from their normal, seasonal averages, due to vast majority of the world staying home – in their home networks.&nbsp; For a while, mobile roaming dropped more than 90% as the world really went into lockdown in mid-March.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>Digital Interconnect - GRX Peering Amsterdam</STRONG></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Q6 - GRX Roaming Traffic 2.png" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.sinch.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/956i901E9F8ABF55853D/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="Q6 - GRX Roaming Traffic 2.png" alt="Q6 - GRX Roaming Traffic 2.png" /></span></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Mobile roaming has since recovered to more 'normal' levels.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 14 Jun 2021 17:13:23 GMT William_Dudley 2021-06-14T17:13:23Z Has the COVID-19 pandemic affected global roaming? https://community.sinch.com/t5/SMS-365-operator-service/Has-the-COVID-19-pandemic-affected-global-roaming/m-p/5499#M70 <P>Yes, very much so.&nbsp; Starting in mid-March, 2020, global GRX peering traffic dropped considerably from their normal, seasonal averages, due to vast majority of the world staying home – in their home networks.&nbsp; For a while, mobile roaming dropped more than 90% as the world really went into lockdown in mid-March.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>Digital Interconnect - GRX Peering Amsterdam</STRONG></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Q6 - GRX Roaming Traffic 2.png" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.sinch.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/956i901E9F8ABF55853D/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="Q6 - GRX Roaming Traffic 2.png" alt="Q6 - GRX Roaming Traffic 2.png" /></span></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Mobile roaming has since recovered to more 'normal' levels.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 14 Jun 2021 17:13:23 GMT https://community.sinch.com/t5/SMS-365-operator-service/Has-the-COVID-19-pandemic-affected-global-roaming/m-p/5499#M70 William_Dudley 2021-06-14T17:13:23Z