Facts & figures
Internet
| 2013 | 2014 | |
|---|---|---|
| Average time spent per month browsing online on PCs or laptops | 31 hours 24 minutes (March 2013) |
36 hours 49 minutes (March 2014) |
| Number of UK fixed residential & SME broadband connections | 21.7 million (December 2012) | 22.6 million (December 2013) |
| Proportion of adults with broadband in the UK (fixed & mobile) | 75% (Q1 2013) | 77% (Q1 2014) |
| Market shares of fixed broadband providers in the UK | BT 30% Virgin Media 21% TalkTalk 17% Sky 19% EE 3% Others 10% (End of 2012) |
BT 31% Virgin Media 20% TalkTalk 15% Sky 20% EE 3% Others 10% (End of 2013) |
| Superfast broadband take-up (excluding leased lines) | 17.5% (Q1 2013) | 26.7% (Q1 2014) |
| Superfast broadband connections | 3.9 million (Q1 2013) | 6.1 million (Q1 2014) |
| Availability of superfast broadband | 73% (June 2013) (% of properties in a postcode with superfast broadband coverage) |
78% (June 2014) (% of properties able to receive superfast broadband) |
| Average UK broadband speed | 12.0Mbit/s (Nov 2012) | 17.8Mbit/s (Nov 2013) |
| Proportion of adults who use social networking sites | 45% (Q1 2013) | 47% (Q1 2014) |
| Proportion of people who use their mobile handset to access the internet | 49% (Q1 2013) | 57% (Q1 2014) |
| Number of mobile broadband (dongles/PC datacard) subscriptions | 5.1 million (end of 2012) | 4.9 million (end of 2013) |
TV
| 2013 | 2014 | |
|---|---|---|
| Proportion of UK homes with digital TV (source: BARB Establishment Survey) |
96% (Q4 2012) | 95% (Q4 2013) |
| Number of minutes of TV people aged 4+ watch each day | 241 minutes / 4 hours 1 minute (2012 average) | 232 minutes/ 3 hours 52 minutes (2013 average) |
Radio
| 2013 | 2014 | |
|---|---|---|
| Proportion of radio listeners with a DAB radio in their household | 44% (Q1 2013) | 48% (Q1 2014) |
| Proportion of listener hours through a digital platform (DAB, online, DTV) | 34% (Q1 2013) | 37% (Q1 2014) |
| Number of local radio stations on analogue (excluding community stations) | 338 (May 2013) | 337 (May 2014) |
| Number of national radio stations (analogue and DAB) | 25 (May 2013) | 25 (May 2014) |
Phones
| 2013 | 2014 | |
|---|---|---|
| Number of UK residential fixed landlines | 24.4 million (end of 2012) | 25 million (end of 2013) |
| Number of fixed landlines in the UK (including ISDN channels) | 33.2 million (end of 2012) | 33.4 million (end of 2013) |
| Market shares of fixed line providers in the UK | BT 37.9% Virgin Media 12.4% Others 49.6% (End of 2012) |
BT 37.6% Virgin Media 12.6% Others 49.8% (End of 2013) |
| Proportion of adults who personally own/use a mobile phone in the UK | 92% (Q1 2013) | 93% (Q1 2014) |
| Proportion of UK adults with a smartphone | 51% (Q1 2013) | 61% (Q1 2014) |
| Proportion of adults who live in a mobile-only home | 15% (Q1 2013) | 16% (Q1 2014) |
| Number of UK mobile subscriptions | 83.4 million (Q4 2012) | 83.1 million (Q4 2013) |
| Percentage of premises covered by outdoor 4G | n/a | 73% (June 2014) |
| Number of active 4G mobile subscriptions | 318,000 (Q1 2013) | >6 million (Q1 2014) |
| Average number of SMS and MMS sent per person per month | 227 (2012) | 170 (2013) |
Post
| 2013 | 2014 | |
|---|---|---|
| Mail market revenue | 7.3 billion (2012) | 7.5 billion (2013) |
| Addressed mail volume | 15.5 billion items (2012) | 14.8 billion items (2013) |
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Communications Market Report 2014 UK