About Mobile Phone Usages

* In 2005 there were 55 million subscribers in the UK
* At the end of March 2005 there were an estimated 61.1 million active mobile subscriptions in the UK, of which almost 90% were held directly by the five mobile network operators
* There is an estimated 140 million handsets/SIM cards in the UK
* In January to April 2006, 30% of households possessed a mobile telephone that could access the Internet
* Research for the last quarter of 2005 showed that 36% of mobile owners used their phones to send and receive picture messages, up from 21% at the same point in 2004.
* Less than 40% of consumers who own a 3G handset actually use it for 3G services
* Around 40 million adults in Europe (around 9% of the adult population) experience problems using mobile telephones
* In September 2007, Britons sent 4.8 billion text messages
* In December 2007, Britons sent 57.6 million picture messages, up 50% on 2006.
* It is estimated that over 2007 a total of 52 billion text messages were sent
* Shipments of multimedia mobile phones in 2008 will exceed 300 million units
* In 2009 it is estimated that there will be three billion mobile phone users worldwide
* Sales of touchscreen phones will hit 200 million by 2011