Germany: More and more cell phones
Germans already make one in five calls on their cell phones - and the demand for new devices is correspondingly high: More than 30 million are expected this year - more than ever before.
Germans already make one in five calls on their cell phones - and the demand for new devices is correspondingly high: More than 30 million are expected this year - more than ever before.
Mobile telephony is all the rage. According to Süddeutsche Zeitung, around 32.6 million devices will be sold in Germany alone in 2007. The figures quoted are from Bitkom, according to which sales were 32 million in 2006 and 31.3 million cell phones in 2005. However, Bitkom does not expect sales to increase. A fifth of all telephone calls were made by mobile phone in 2006, five years ago the proportion was only half as high, said Jörg Menno Harms of Bitkom. Cell phones are no longer only used for making calls and sending text messages. Four out of five cell phone owners also have the option of using their device to access the Internet, and 40 percent do so. Checking weather information is popular, for example, and one in two mobile surfers has already downloaded a forecast onto their display. Sports news is also in demand, coming in second place with 35%. Local news (32%), international news (23%) and the latest from the celebrity world (20%) complete the top 5 most popular information services via cell phone in Germany.
Mobile telephony is all the rage. According to Süddeutsche Zeitung, around 32.6 million devices will be sold in Germany alone in 2007. The figures quoted are from Bitkom, according to which sales were 32 million in 2006 and 31.3 million cell phones in 2005. However, Bitkom does not expect sales to increase. A fifth of all telephone calls were made by mobile phone in 2006, five years ago the proportion was only half as high, said Jörg Menno Harms of Bitkom. Cell phones are no longer only used for making calls and sending text messages. Four out of five cell phone owners also have the option of using their device to access the Internet, and 40 percent do so. Checking weather information is popular, for example, and one in two mobile surfers has already downloaded a forecast onto their display. Sports news is also in demand, coming in second place with 35%. Local news (32%), international news (23%) and the latest from the celebrity world (20%) complete the top 5 most popular information services via cell phone in Germany.
