Czechs make fewer calls on Christmas Eve, turn to social media

Czechs made fewer phone calls and sent fewer text messages on Christmas Eve this year than last, instead relying more heavily on social networks and messaging apps. Data traffic at major operators rose by nearly 30 percent year on year, according to figures from T-Mobile and Vodafone, while O2 released different data. T-Mobile reported a 27.5 percent rise in data use, with peak activity late in the evening, while voice calls fell slightly. Vodafone saw a similar jump in data traffic and a drop in calls and SMS messages. Operators say communication is increasingly shifting to apps such as WhatsApp, Teams and Viber, while SMS remains more popular mainly among senior users.