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Here are all the latest facts and figures about communications in the UK today.
Internet |
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| Number of fixed residential broadband connections in the UK | 18.4 million (Q3 2011). |
| Proportion of adults with broadband in the UK (fixed + mobile) | 76% (Q4 2011) |
| Proportion of adults with mobile broadband in the UK | 14% (Q4 2011) |
| What is the market share of fixed broadband providers in the UK? | BT 27.5%, Virgin Media 21.5%, TalkTalk/AOL 19.0%, BSkyB 17.2%, Orange Home 3.7%, O2 3.3% Others 7.9% (Q3 2011) |
| Average broadband speed in the UK | 7.6 Mbit/s (Nov 2011) |
| Proportion of adults who use social networking sites | 51% |
| Proportion of people who use their mobile handset to access the internet | 34% |
| Number of mobile broadband (Dongles/PC datacard) subscriptions | 5.0 million (Q3 2011) |
Landline/mobile phones |
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| Number of residential fixed landlines in the UK | 23.8 million (Q3 2011) |
| Number of fixed landlines in the UK, including ISDN channels | 33.2 million fixed lines (Q3 2011) |
| What is the market share of fixed line providers in the UK? | BT 48.2%, Virgin Media 14.7%, others 37.1%. (Q3 2011) |
| Proportion of adults who personally own/use a mobile phone in the UK | 91% (Q4 2011) |
| Proportion of adults who live in a home that has a mobile phone but no landline phone in the UK | 13% (Q4 2011) |
| How many mobile subscriptions in the UK? | 81.4% (Q3 2011) |
| What percentage of mobile subscriptions in the UK are postpaid/contract? | 48% (Q3 2011) |
| Number of text messages sent per mobile subscription per month | 154 (Q3 2011) |
Digital television |
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| Number of UK homes with digital TV | 94% (Q4 2011) |
| Number of TVs in the UK | 60m (end 2011) |
| Claimed take-up of HD TV service | 42% (Q3 2011) |
| Number of minutes of TV people aged 4+ watch each day | 242 (all viewers 4+, average in 2011) |
| Proportion of UK homes with Freeview on any set | 50% (Q4 2011) |
| Proportion of UK homes with Freeview on their main set | 35% (Q4 2011) |
Digital radio |
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| Proportion of households with access to a DAB Digital Radio | 40% (Q4 2011) |
| Proportion of listener hours through a digital platform (DAB, online, DTV) | 29% (Q4 2011) |
| Number of local radio stations (excluding community stations) | 344 (July 2011) |
| Number of national radio stations (Analogue and DAB) | 21 (July 2011) |
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