More mobile phones than people

by Danu on April 29, 2008

in Marketing, Media, News, Technology

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The Australian Communications & Media Authority (ACMA) released their annual Communications Report today which contains a wealth of information and statistics. Here are some of the interesting points mentioned:

  • In 2001, the average Australian watched 163 minutes of TV per day. In 2006 the average was 144 minutes.
  • 67% of Australians with internet access are using broadband (4.3 million subscribers)
  • The average Australian spends 22.1 minutes online per day, has 6.5 internet sessions per week and and views 41 pages per session.
  • 35.4% of Australians use the internet more than 8 times a week.
  • The top 5 internet activities in order of popularity are email, internet banking, general browsing, paying bills and reading news.
  • TV viewers in the crucial age 18-39 bracket have fallen 17% from 2001-2006.
  • 39% of Australians watch less than 2 hours of TV per day or none at all.
  • TV advertising profits fell 31.3% from 2005-2006.
  • Overall media advertising spend is increasing, driven largely by online spending which is up 61.5% per year. Radio advertising is also increasing slightly while TV advertising is falling.
  • There are 21.26 million mobile phone services active in Australia as of June 30, 2007, meaning for the first time there are more mobile phones than people in Australia.
  • You can read the full report here.

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