Mobile Broadband Access Booming in the UK

The latest Internet Access survey from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) has shown a tremendous growth in the number of users who use their phones and other mobile devices to access the internet.

45% of the internet users now connect to the web from their mobile phone, smart phone or such similar device which was 40% in 2009. The use of laptops and 3G mobile broadband dongles are also increasing because of the competitive prices of mobile broadband packages.

The survey also reported that the mobile phone is the most popular way of accessing the internet with about 21% of users connecting this way. Amongst the 21%, most of them were in the age group of 16-24.

The shocking part of the survey is that about 60% of people who are beyond the age of 65 have never used the internet at all. Surprisingly a total of 9.2 million adults are yet to experience internet usage, given that a large number of households of 72% that are connected to the web.

With 30.1 million adults using the internet every day, it’s almost the double of the estimate in 2006.