UK Mobile Market Statistics, 2001-2010

The UK Mobile Services Market was worth 16.5 billion at the end of 2006, with 65.4 million subscribers making up 109% of total population. Growth in overall connections until 2010 will be largely driven by consumers continuing to acquire multiple mobile devices (e.g. separate blackberry devices for email usage). We anticipate strong take-up in 3G connections, driven by the consumer appeal of sophisticated 3G handsets and operator marketing campaigns. SMS ARPU is expected to decline due to price reductions by network operators, although we anticipate significant growth in data (non-SMS) ARPU, driven by the increasing popularity of multimedia messaging, email and mobile internet.

This report provides comprehensive five year historical and five year forecast market sizing data consisting of:

• Population
• Mobile penetration
• 3G penetration
• Total subscribers, split by:
  • Contract subscribers
  • Prepaid subscribers
  • 3G subscribers
• Total revenue, split by:
  • Contract revenue
  • Prepaid revenue
  • Voice revenue
  • SMS revenue
  • Data (non-SMS) revenue
• ARPU (Average Revenue per User), split by:
  • Contract ARPU
  • Prepaid ARPU
  • Voice ARPU
  • SMS ARPU
  • Data (non-SMS) ARPU

Centre for Telecoms Research (CTR) provides insight into fixed, mobile and internet telecommunications markets around the world. It is our commitment to serve the international telecommunications community with accurate, informed and comprehensive market intelligence, to aid strategic and investment decisions.

Our market reports are based on robust, tried and tested, research methodologies. Historical market data is sourced largely from regulatory and company sources, where available. In cases where historical information is unavailable, we compile market assumptions and test these with industry professionals and experts. All our forecasts are sense checked both from a bottom-up and top-down perspective.

All variables are clearly defined. This report is available in Microsoft Excel format.