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United
Kingdom
Internet e-Commerce
Market Report
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Internet Usage Statistics:
48,755,000
Internet users as of June/09, 79.8% of the population, according
to Nielsen Online.
Latest Population
Estimate:
61,113,205
population for 2009, according to US Census Bureau.
Gross National
Income:
GNI per
capita is US$ 42,740 ('07) according to World
Bank.
Country Size
(Area):
The UK has
244,140 sq km - Population density is 250 persons per sq km.
Internet Usage and
Population Statistics:
|
YEAR
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Users
|
Population
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% Pop.
|
Usage
Source
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|
2000
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15,400,000
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58,789,194
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26.2 %
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ITU
|
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2005
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35,807,929
|
59,889,407
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59.8 %
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Nielsen Net//Ratings
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2007
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38,512,837
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60,363,602
|
63.8 %
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Nielsen//NR
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2009
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48,755,000
|
61,113,205
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79.8 %
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Nielsen Online
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United Kingdom
Telecommunications Market Reports
United Kingdom Broadband
Market - Overview & Statistics report
The UK has an excellent broadband infrastructure, with DSL reaching 99.9% of the
population and cable reaching more than half of all households. The market is fiercely
competitive, largely as a result of regulatory measure to provide competitor access
to British Telecom’s exchanges. In recent years broadband has been characterised by
falling prices and a migration to higher speed services: 8Mb/s DSL is available in
most areas of the country while Virgin Media is moving to a 50Mb/s service and BT has
plans for a FttC/VDSL service covering 40% of the population. This report profiles the
overall UK broadband market in 2009, covering broadband technologies and including the
latest statistics, an update on recent commercial initiatives, an assessment of the
September 2008 report on Next Generation Access, and forecasts to 2018. See the table of content and
summary
United Kingdom Broadband and
Wireless Overview report
Wireless broadband encompasses a wide variety of technologies and services. FWA,
WLAN, WiFi and Bluetooth are technologies which facilitate data exchanges without
wires, cables and other fixed infrastructures. WiFi hotspots provided buy commercial
players have proliferated in recent years, while a growing number of cities have
also developed large-scale WiFi/WiMAX zones. This report provides statistics and
data for the UK’s wireless broadband market in 2008, reviewing recent developments
in WiFi and WLAN infrastructure and satellite broadband. It also reviews the status
of the key market players and spectrum licensing, and looks ahead to opportunities
for coming years.
See the content
table
United Kingdom Convergence, Triple Play and
Digital TV Report
The UK remains at the forefront of media convergence in Europe. The country’s universal
DSL and extensive cable networks have been extensively upgraded and provide an excellent
delivery platform for triple play and emerging quad play services. The digital broadcasting
industry, including satellite, digital cable, digital terrestrial and IPTV services,
is well-established. The UK has the highest level of digital TV penetration in Europe,
with a substantial multichannel environment. This report examines the UK’s markets
for triple play and convergent services in 2008, including developments in Video-on-Demand,
IPTV and VoIP. It also assesses the UK’s broadcasting markets, providing statistics
and analysis on the closing analogue FTA environment and the pay TV and cable sectors. See the table of content and
summary
United Kingdom Key Telecom Market
Statistics and Regulatory Overview
The UK’s telecom market is one of the largest in Europe. Mobile and broadband
penetration are comfortably ahead of the European average, while the country is a leader
in digital TV take-up. Considerable competitive pressure has reduced consumer prices
in all sectors, while network capabilities have been greatly expanded following recent
investments by British Telecom and Virgin Media in Next Generation Networks. This report
analyses the key aspects of the UK’s telecom market in 2008, presenting statistics
on the fixed network services sector and an overview of the key regulatory issues
including the status of interconnection, Local Loop Unbundling, and carrier preselection.
The report reviews the major fixed network telecom operators in the UK, examines the
status of fixed network voice services, and assesses the market impact of BT Openreach. Get the full report
here
United Kingdom Mobile Market, 3G,
Mobile Data and Forecasts
The UK’s 3G and mobile data market is one of the largest in Europe. Competition
among network operators has induced them to provide similar pricing and usage models,
commonly including between 3GB and 10GB per month. This has substantially increased
consumer use of mobile data, but high charges for extra usage remains burdensome. Low-key
data applications such as SMS dominate the market while mobile TV, though widely available,
has thus far failed to capture public attention. This report surveys the UK’s mobile
data market in 2009, providing an overview of 3G developments, regulatory issues and
technologies. It also profiles the major operators, presents statistics on non-voice
services, and analyses developments in mobile TV and mobile portals. See the table of contents and
report summary
United Kingdom Mobile Market Overview,
Statistics and Forecasts
The UK has one of the largest mobile markets in Europe, both in revenue and in the
number of subscribers. It is served by five major providers which have all launched
3G services, as well as by a growing number of low-cost MVNOs. The market is characterised
by new developments in advanced data services such as mobile TV, the bundling of mobile
as a quad-play service, and regulatory controls on charges and fees. Mobile penetration
is above the EU average, yet subscriber growth remains strong as consumers adopt
additional SIMs as well as business-oriented devices such as the BlackBerry, iPhone
and G1. Fierce competition has forced operators to concentrate on packaging service
bundles and line service promotions, and explore applications such as mobile searching
and advertising facilities. ARPU has been relatively stable for all operators, with
growing mobile data use offsetting lower voice, interconnection and roaming tariffs.
This report surveys the UK’s mobile market in 2009, providing an overview of mobile
statistics, regulatory issues and technologies. It also profiles the major operators
and MVNOs, and looks ahead to mobile developments in coming years. See the table of contents and
report summary
United Kingdom Internet Usage
and Broadband
June, 2004
Internet access
" 59% of UK homes have a
PC
" 52% of homes (around 12.8
million) have Internet access
" 68% of small businesses have
Internet access
Broadband
" 3.2 million broadband
connections
" 1.82 million DSL
connections
" 1.36 million cable modem
connections
" 12% of homes have
broadband
" DSL is available to 85% of UK
homes and businesses
Definitions
‘Dial-up’ or
‘narrowband’ Internet access is used in this brief
for access speeds up to and including 128 kilobits per second
(kbps).
'Broadband' is used in this brief
to refer to higher bandwidth, always-on services, offering data
rates of 128 kbps and above.
This definition of broadband is
used by Ofcom for the purposes of measuring take-up in order to
capture the dynamic range of services available to residential
and business consumers that are classed by the industry as
broadband. This definition gives Ofcom data that is comparable
with broadband take-up figures published by other countries in
Europe.
Source: Ofcom Research, January 2004
Update, June 18,
2004
Latest official figures from the
Office of National Statistics (ONS) indicate that subscriptions
to the Net have grown almost 10%, with more net users switching
to broadband.
Subscriptions for dial-up and broadband Internet connections
continued to show opposing patterns of annual growth. The year on
year decrease to April 2004 was 6.8% for dial-up connections with
a decrease of 1.9% from March 2004 to April 2004. There was a
year on year increase of 101.1% for broadband connections with a
monthly increase of 6.1%.
Broadband now accounts for 27.2% of Internet connections, up
2.5% on the previous month and up 14.5% on a year ago. Dial-up
subscriptions saw a 6.8% year-on-year decrease.
Increased competition between broadband providers has resulted
in a "gold rush" for consumers, with competition giving more
choice and cheaper deals.
More people in the UK can now access broadband. BT's latest
stats are that 96% of customers are within range of broadband
access, with a target of 99.6% for the summer of 2005.
June 2 2004: Broadband and DTV on the rise says Ofcom
June 2 2004: BT launches satellite broadband service
UK Households with home access
to the Internet, 1998-2004
In the second quarter of 2004, 52 per cent of households in the
UK (12.8 million) could access the Internet from home, compared
with just 9 per cent (2.2 million) in the same quarter of 1998.
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