The mobile company Orange has revealed that the use of its mobile internet service has increased over the past year.

Orange revealed that mobile internet increased by 30% during Christmas and New Year’s Eve alone between 2015 and 2016. This is slightly higher than the 29% increase witnessed between 2014 and 2015.

Moreover, 4G/4G+ coverage has reached over 90% of the population and indeed 80% of mobile internet sessions were over a 4G network.

Whilst the use of mobile internet has increased, the sending of text messages has decreased by 35.8% in the past year. Likewise, the number of phone calls made fell by 9.05% in comparison to the end of 2015.

Finally, at the end of 2016, Orange was named “Best mobile network in Luxembourg” by an independent organisation.