Ofcom: Mobile Spending in U.K. Jumps by 17% in 2nd Qtr

London -- According to the "Communications Market August 2005
Quarterly Update", published by U.K. telecommunications watchdog
Ofcom, mobile spending in the first quarter of 2005 came to more than
£3.3 billion, about 17% higher than the total for the same quarter last
year. Total retail revenues for U.K. telecommunications companies in
the 12 months ended March 2005 came to more than £36.6 billion,
about 5% higher compared to the year previous. Ofcom's report also
found that Freeview, a fast-growing digital terrestrial platform, has now
reached more than 5 million U.K. households and that shopping,
interactive services and pay-per-view services accounted for about a
fifth of local digital channels' revenues in 2004.
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