South Africa's largest network operator, Vodacom South Africa, successfully handled a surge in network traffic due to an influx of half a million visitors throughout the 2010 World Cup. The operator met the increased demand for network capacity and avoided any degradation in performance supported by Nokia Siemens Networks' Special Event Support (SES) services*. These included consultancy, backend network monitoring, network optimization and care services.
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