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Nov 26 2008

Mobile internet growing 8 times faster than the PC internet

Shoaib Hashmi 

UK mobile and PC internet

Nielsen has released a report according to which mobile internet is getting more popular in the U.K. than the PC internet. The report shows that mobile web is growing 8 times than the PC internet and also the mobile users are younger than the PC users. The report reveals that the total population of the mobile internet users in the U.K. is 7 million.

According to the report:

  • From Q2 to Q3 2008, the number of Britons using mobile Internet increased by 25% (from 5.8 to 7.3 million) compared to 3% for PC-based Internet (34.3 to 35.3 million Britons).
  • The mobile Internet audience has a higher concentration of younger users than PC-based Internet; 25% of mobile Internet consumers are aged 15-24 compared to 16% for PC-based consumers. Whilst, 23% of the PC-based Internet population is 55+, only 12% of the mobile Internet audience is.
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