Almost 90% Of UK Population Will Use A Mobile By 2007, Says Report
The number of mobile phone subscribers in the UK is set to hit 53 million by 2007, reaching 88% of the population, according to forecasts from The Research Room.
This will place the UK mobile market as the third largest in western Europe, behind Germany with 67.6 million users and Italy with 54.1 million.
The figures for 2003 also put these countries in the top three positions: Germany has 60.3 million mobile subs, Italy has 52.4 million and the UK has 50.7 million, as shown.
| Western European Mobile Subscriber Forecasts (000s) | ||||||
| 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |
| Austria | 6,620 | 6,712 | 6,794 | 6,968 | 7,076 | 7,138 |
| Belgium | 7,432 | 7,611 | 7,873 | 8,112 | 8,212 | 8,286 |
| Denmark | 3,921 | 4,262 | 4,463 | 4,615 | 4,739 | 4,788 |
| Finland | 4,454 | 4,579 | 4,640 | 4,706 | 4,772 | 4,808 |
| France | 36,452 | 38,197 | 40,393 | 41,815 | 44,612 | 45,322 |
| Germany | 56,722 | 60,308 | 62,815 | 64,701 | 66,826 | 67,615 |
| Greece | 8,482 | 8,632 | 8,762 | 8,991 | 9,150 | 9,188 |
| Iceland | 259 | 263 | 267 | 268 | 272 | 273 |
| Ireland | 3,030 | 3,218 | 3,320 | 3,388 | 3,469 | 3,553 |
| Italy | 51,489 | 52,369 | 52,911 | 53,217 | 53,942 | 54,101 |
| Luxembourg | 469 | 475 | 479 | 482 | 486 | 487 |
| Netherlands | 11,785 | 11,920 | 12,073 | 12,391 | 12,668 | 12,771 |
| Norway | 3,522 | 3,640 | 3,762 | 3,847 | 3,950 | 3,983 |
| Portugal | 9,115 | 9,172 | 9,198 | 9,213 | 9,304 | 9,310 |
| Spain | 32,740 | 33,424 | 33,808 | 33,832 | 34,441 | 34,590 |
| Sweden | 7,852 | 8,086 | 8,107 | 8,094 | 8,164 | 8,183 |
| Switzerland | 5,648 | 5,781 | 5,923 | 6,028 | 6,173 | 6,215 |
| UK | 49,339 | 50,733 | 51,506 | 51,962 | 52,808 | 53,377 |
| UK Penetration (%) | 82.5 | 84.7 | 85.8 | 86.3 | 87.5 | 88.3 |
| Source: The Research Room, August 2003 | ||||||
