Telkomsel Predicts Internet Traffic to Reach 70.85 Petabytes During Eid al-Fitr 2026
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Mobile operator Telkomsel predicts that peak internet data traffic during the 2026 Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr (RAFI) period will reach approximately 70.85 petabytes (PB).
This figure, which is expected to occur on the third day (H+3) of Eid al-Fitr 2026, represents an increase of about 11.1 percent compared to a normal day, and a growth of 5.2 percent from the RAFI period in 2025.
Data traffic of 70.85 PB is equivalent to 70,850 terabytes (TB) or 70,850,000 gigabytes (GB).
Therefore, if a one-hour HD quality video has a size of approximately 3 GB, the peak RAFI 2026 data traffic mentioned above is equivalent to approximately 23 million hours of HD video streaming.
Vice President of Global Network Operations, Juanita Erawati, said that the increase in traffic is expected to come from digital activities such as video streaming, communication, gaming, online shopping, and social media.
“E-commerce has the highest growth and is predicted to reach 27.91 percent. This is followed by online gaming (19.27 percent), video streaming (18.61 percent), social media (10.26 percent), and communication (1.93 percent),” said Juanita at the Telkomsel Siaga RAFI 2026 Press Conference at the Telkomsel Smart Office, South Jakarta, Wednesday (February 25, 2026).
“Meanwhile, peak voice traffic will reach 159.9 million minutes, up 1.4 percent from normal, and SMS will reach 36.78 million SMS, an increase of 11.2 percent from normal days,” Juanita added.
Juanita continued, the highest increase in data traffic is predicted to occur in Telkomsel’s Area 3, which includes Central Java, Yogyakarta, East Java, Bali, NTT, and NTB (Java Balnus).
This area is predicted to have an increase in data traffic of up to 17.2 percent.
For Area 1 (Sumatra), Area 2 (Banten, DKI Jakarta, West Java), and Area 4 (Papua, Maluku, Sulawesi, Kalimantan), each is predicted to have an increase in data traffic of 10.2 percent, 7.3 percent, and 11 percent, respectively.
To maintain service quality, Telkomsel has optimized its network at 494 priority points of interest (POI) nationally, including:
“These POIs are determined based on our Machine Learning (ML) analysis, which is now getting smarter. This ML can see data on traffic growth and economic potential as parameters of whether a place has the potential to be crowded or not,” explained Juanita.
Telkomsel also implements an Autonomous Network based on artificial intelligence (AI) for end-to-end network monitoring 24 hours a day.
In addition, the state-owned mobile operator also operates 15 Network Readiness Posts and deploys 45 COMBAT (Compact Mobile BTS) units in locations with high potential for congestion.