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Thanks to falling prices and the emergence of new services, mobile usage continues to grow in the UK. Mobile communications revenue now exceeds fixed voice and access revenue combined. Between 2000 and 2004, the total number of minutes of mobile calls in the UK doubled, from 34 billion to 62 billion today. fixed networks declined by 6%, from 174 billion to 164 billion. This trend contributed to a 16% increase in mobile communications revenue between 2003 and 2004, to £12.3 billion. Meanwhile, revenue from traditional fixed voice services declined by 6.2%, from £11.2 billion to £10.5 billion.

Communications services are becoming increasingly important in phone number library people's lives. As more and more users adopt broadband and digital TV for the first time, and as mobile phone usage increases, these services are becoming a growing share of household spending.



Television and radio broadcasting services (including BBC TV subscriptions) and fixed and mobile communications now account for 4% of consumers' total spending. The average consumer spends over £1,000 per year on these services. Adjusted for inflation, this is one-third more than the average consumer spent on communications services in 2000.

Furthermore, spending on new and additional services, such as pay TV, broadband, and advanced mobile services, is increasing. While enjoying these new services, consumers are also benefiting from a significant drop in the cost of traditional fixed-line services. Thanks to intense competition, the average UK household saved £20 on traditional fixed-line services in 2004.