Freedom to Surf: Statistics Charting the Flight from Desktop to Mobile Web Access

UK 2011 Office for National Statistics – Key Points 

45 per cent of UK Internet users used a mobile phone to connect to the Internet 

6 million people accessed the Internet over their mobile phone for the first time in the previous 12 months 

The use of wireless hotspots almost doubled in the last 12 months to 4.9 million users 

21 per cent of Internet users did not believe their skills were sufficient to protect their personal data 

77 per cent of households had Internet access 

Internet users who accessed via a mobile phone, GB, 2011 

Read the ONS UK Internet Access 2011 report here 

 

UK Mobile Access Growth Rate – Tecmark Key Findings 2011

Mobile now accounts for 12.59% of all UK web traffic 

58% of mobile visits from iPhones,17% from iPad devices 

High Android growth rate. 10.6% of all mobile traffic in January 2011, growing quickly to 37% in July 2011

Blackberry declining quickly, from 6.1% in January 2011 to 3.5% in July 2011, a fall of 42%

 Read theTecmark UK mobile internet report 2011 here
 

Globally, Mobile Access Growing Significantly Quicker than Desktop Internet Did 

View the Morgan Stanley Mobile Internet Report Slideshow here 


US Shows Shift from Mobile Web to Mobile App Usage

In June 2010, the average US mobile user spent 43 minutes using apps

In June 2011 this almost doubled to 81 minutes

Whilst web access by mobile users has grown steadily, by June 2911

the average US mobile user spent more time using apps than they

did accessing the web

Read "Mobile Apps Put the Web in Their Rear-view Mirror" by Flurry here

Give us a mobile rail network

I'm really fed up with struggling to get a mobile signal on trains in the UK.

This week the transport secretary Phillip Hammond described our rail system as a "rich man's toy", given the "eyewateringly expensive" ticket prices. I certainly don't disagree with the man. But what makes this doubly galling is that it's expensive AND impractical. I really want to support the notion of train travel. I want to be able to travel in a more sustainable mode of transport, taking congestion off the road. I would be prepared to pay a premium to do this IF communications were reliable. Unfortunately, at the moment travelling by car is both cheaper and more practical. Hands-free is better than being completely out of contact for two hours.

If you agree, please show support by signing this on-line petition to the train and mobile network operators. The motion is as follows:

"We find the total lack of reliable mobile phone signal along major train routes unacceptable. It means that not only is train travel more expensive than road, it is more impractical, especially for business travellers.

We would like the train operators and mobile network providers to seriously consider working together to come up with a signal boosting solution for trains. "

Sign the petition here: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/mobile-rail/

Thanks for your support.

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So here it is - the dodgy house mix I got the gold disk for in the 80's. Rococo were actually us three guys doing the remix, fronted by Evelyn and Elaine who danced well and did the publicity. I also wrote the B side, hence getting the disk. The single charted at #54 in the UK in December 1989, and #13 in Australia in February 1990 where it went gold. Funny to see this posted on Youtube and in discogs. A final example for me of how the web's dustbin will accept anything.....

I'd forgotten the video which is actually a nice bit of kitch early cut and paste editing. Check out the 80's ravers!

So now you know!