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AT&T Demos LTE Broadcast During College Football Playoff; Hits 6.34TB of Data Usage on DAS & WiFi

AT&T Demos LTE Broadcast During College Football Playoff; Hits 6.34TB of Data Usage on DAS & WiFi Image Credit: AT&T

As speculated earlier, AT&T trialed its LTE broadcast on Monday at the opening match of college football between Oregon and Ohio State which saw more than 85,000 fans jamming the seats at AT&T Stadium in Dallas. The LTE broadcast technology which deploys the 4G network to send broadcast content simultaneously to multiple users on their mobile devices, saw AT&T capturing and sharing in real-time scenes from the match with those with compatible devices. According to AT&T, viewers were able to see the game from various camera angles as well as catch the replays of the match. 

AT&T also unveiled that data usage from DAS and Wi-Fi networks at the stadium hit  6.34 TB with 1.41TB registered on the DAS and 4.93TB registered on the Wi-Fi network. AT&T said that data usage at sporting events is increasing as new technologies provide fans with more opportunities to further immerse themselves in the game. AT&T added that data traffic was up 107% from the Wi-Fi and DAS combined when compared to the average regular season Cowboys game in 2014. Compared to the pro football's Big Game in New York City in 2014, the cellular data traffic on DAS was 125% greater, said AT&T. 

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