According to Avaya, a total of 21 126 terabytes of voice and data traffic was transferred over the network between May 15, when the network became operational, and July 10. During that time, people have logged on to the converged communications network approximately 642 538 times and made 364 395 phone calls on the network, which represents 789 810 minutes of calling time, Avaya adds.

On the day of the final match between France and Italy, 111 150 megabytes of data traffic travelled over the network, 55 037 people logged on to the converged network, and 3 456 phone calls were made, representing 6 217 minutes of calling time.

For a highly visible event such as the FIFA World Cup, it was absolutely critical for the network to work without any downtime, says Andrea Rinnerberger, director of the Avaya FIFA World Cup programme. In a very real way, the networks performance contributed to the events smooth operations. Journalists and photographers who needed to file quickly connected to the Internet directly from the field and sent photos and stories via an Avaya wireless LAN network.