Facts and Figures

Here are all the latest facts and figures about communications in the UK today.

 

Internet
Number of fixed residential broadband connections in the UK	16.8 million (Q4 2009).
Proportion of adults with broadband in the UK (fixed + mobile)	75% (Q4 2010)
Proportion of adults with mobile broadband in the UK	17% (Q4 2010)
What is the market share of fixed broadband providers in the UK?	BT 27.3%, Virgin Media 22.3%, TalkTalk/AOL/Tiscali  22.2%, BSkyB 14.7%, Orange Home 4.7%, O2 3.4% Others 5.3% (estimated figues Q3 2010)
Average broadband speed in the UK	6.2 Mbit/s (Nov/Dec 2010)
Proportion of adults with a social networking profile	43% (Q3 2010)
Proportion of people who use their mobile handset to access the internet	32% (Q4 2010)
Number of mobile broadband (Dongles/PC datacard) subscriptions	4.1 million (end 2009)
Landline/mobile phones
Number of residential fixed landlines in the UK	23.5 million (Q2 2010)
Number of fixed landlines in the UK, including ISDN channels	33.4 million fixed lines (Q2 2010)
What is the market share of fixed line providers in the UK?	BT 52.1%, Virgin Media 12.7%, others 35.2%. (Q2 2010)
Proportion of adults who personally own/use a mobile phone in the UK	91% (Q4 2010)
Proportion of adults who live in a home that has a mobile phone but no landline phone in the  UK	15% (Q4 2010)
How many PAYG mobile subscriptions in the UK ?	50% (Q3 2010)
Number of text messages sent per mobile subscription per month	111
What is the market share per mobile provider in the UK?	Everything Everywhere – 33.5% O2 – 26.1% Vodafone – 21.3% 3 – 6.8% Virgin Mobile – 4.4% Tesco – 3.1% Other – 4.7% (End 2010)
Number of 3G mobile subscriptions in the UK	32% (end 2009)
Digital television
Number of UK homes with digital TV	93% (Q3 2010)
Number of TVs in the UK	60m (end 2010)
Number of HD TVs in the UK	24m (Q1 2010)
Number of minutes of TV people aged 4+ watch each day	242 (all viewers 4+, average in 2010)
Number of UK homes with Freeview on any set	73% (Q3 2010)
Proportion of UK homes with Freeview on their main set	39% (Q3 2010)
Digital radio
Proportion of households with access to a DAB Digital Radio	34% (Q4 2010)
Proportion of listener hours through a digital platform (DAB, online, DTV)	24% (Q1 2010)
Number of digital radio stations	216 (end 2009)
Number of local radio stations	371 (end 2009)
Number of national radio stations	18 (end 2009)