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Aug/Sept 2008
Mobiles 'more popular than landlines' – Ofcom report
People in the UK are spending more time using communications services than ever before, yet are paying less for them. Between 2002 and 2007 the time Britons spent talking and texting on mobiles doubled from five to ten minutes a day, while time spent on PCs and laptops grew fourfold between 2002 and 2007 (from six to twenty-four minutes a day). These are among findings of the Communications Market Report by Ofcom, a wide-ranging document covering all forms of electronic communication. The report says that seven out of ten people with a mobile phone and a landline use their mobile to make calls even when they are at home. One in ten people with a landline at home said that they never use it to make calls.
Text messaging is also on the increase. Nearly 60 billion text messages were sent in the UK in 2007 – an increase of 36 per cent over 2006 and of 234 per cent since 2002, when Britons sent 17 billion texts. The average mobile phone user sent 67 texts per month from each mobile, compared with 53 a month in 2006. The report ranges over TV, radio and broadband use as well as mobile communications. There's a link to a document containing its key points on the Ofcom web site, which you will find on our companion link site, www.FollowUpOnline.net.
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