Mobile Communication Patterns in the EU
* Users are increasingly switching from fixed to mobile phones with
around 24% of EU 27 households just using mobile. The proportion is
significantly higher in the new Member States (39%) than in the EU 15
(20%), with the exception of Finland (61%) and Portugal (48%). In some
Member States this increase is accompanied by an increased use of
wireless access to the Internet via the mobile phone network or
satellite (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria and Italy).
* 22%
of European households with Internet connections now use their PC for
making phone calls. This figure is twice as large in Latvia (58%),
Lithuania (51%), Czech Republic (50%), Poland (49%) and Bulgaria (46%).
* 29% of European households buy two or more telecom and media products
from a single service provider (an increase of 9% since winter 2007),
the combination of fixed telephony and Internet access being the most
common.
* Almost half of European households have access to the
Internet (49%) and an increasing majority enjoy a broadband connection
(36% of EU 27, an increase of 8% since winter 2007). Most connected
households access the Internet via an ADSL line (59%, an increase of 4%
compared to last year). The main reason quoted for not having an access
at home remains the lack of interest in Internet (50% of respondents).
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