Ofcom release UK broadband trends
Thursday 13 December 2007
Telecoms regulator Ofcom has released results from its latest International Communications Market report. The study has confirmed recent discussions that broadband uptake is on the rise in the UK. It found that more than half of all British households possessed a broadband connection at the end of last year.
Bundled services were found to be more cost-effective than buying each service separately in all of the countries surveyed. In the UK, around 40% of households have already taken advantage of a bundled service. The report found that a typical family household in the UK with two parents and two children, who use a basket of communications services that includes a landline, basic pay-TV and the internet, will pay £25 a month on a triple-pay deal; "This compares with £27.22 in France and £39.77 in Germany. The same family in the US will pay £69.54," stated Ofcom.
Ed Richards, Ofcom Chief Executive said: "The report shows that convergence, bundling and the move to digital communications is a powerful global phenomenon. It's important to understand international comparisons so Ofcom can develop better policies to serve the interests of consumers and citizens in the UK."
