Mobile calls to exceed those on fixed networks
19 February 2008
Mobile calls to exceed those on fixed networks
Phone calls made on mobile networks will exceed those on fixed networks in Western Europe by the middle of this year, according to research published on Tuesday.
Figures from industry research house Analysys reveal that in the UK, where patterns of consumption are close to the European average, mobile voice usage should overtake fixed voice in the second quarter.
VoIP provider Inclarity said that mobile usage was blurring the boundaries between work and personal lives and driving mobile voice calls.
Inclarity recently commissioned a YouGov survey which polled 2,003 people across Britain and revealed that 31 per cent of employees who work in an office make work related calls from their mobile phones when in the office more than two or three times a week. Of those, 65 per cent make work-related calls from their mobile phones more than two times a day.
Dave Millett, operations director at Inclarity, said: "It's no surprise that mobile voice calls are expected to exceed those on fixed networks. Let's face it - mobiles are small and convenient for people who are constantly on the move, even more so with a rapidly changing work culture which is moving towards flexibility, home and remote working."
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