How Many People In Britain Own A Mobile Phone?

The mobile phones have been available in the UK since 1985, but only became widely used since late 1990s. At the moment it is estimated that more than 40 million Britons, including many children, own a mobile phone.

Cellular mobile phones are often regarded as a fairly recent innovation. However, they have been freely available in the UK for over 20 years.

The first type of mobile phone was large and cumbersome and similar in size to a large briefcase. These phones were analogue based and in the early days not overly reliable, due to the two existing network operators needing to install an effective infrastructure of network coverage quickly.

With the launch of the second generation (2G), consumer popularity rose steadily. Mobile phones became smaller and easier to handle. Network coverage improved greatly and it became more reliable.

During the period from December 1999 to December 2000 a total of 46,000 new users a day joined the UK mobile phone network and more than 5.1 million phones were bought in the UK during the 2000 Christmas period.

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