We're communicating more but paying less

Ofcom's Communications Market Report 2008 reveals that consumers are spending more time using communications services than in previous years but are paying less for them. 86% of UK adults now own a mobile phone, making 99 billion minutes of outbound calls in 2007 – a rise of 91% in the number of minutes and 48% in the number of connections since 2002. Around 6% of UK internet users aged 16 or over (around 4% of all over 16s) are using mobile broadband. 44% of UK adults use text messaging every day, compared to 36% who regularly use the internet. At the other end of the scale, 25% of adults never use text messaging and 28% never use the internet. [Ofcom report]