Chief among the many shockwaves stemming from the COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S. is the country’s rapid transition to remote work. And with this disruption has come a dramatic transformation in the volume of wireless network traffic and in consumer connectivity habits and behavior: AT&T has reported surges across all key network categories since the end of February – core (business, home broadband and wireless) network traffic is up 28%, consumer home voice calling is 37% higher, wireless voice minutes are up 25% and Wi-Fi calling minutes have increased by 82%.
