...research, provided to Ofcom by the companies it regulates, and publicly available material. It provides comprehensive overview of one of the UK's most dynamic sectors, representing 4.1 percent of UK GDP and with retail revenues which in 2005 exceeded the 50 billion [pounds sterling] threshold for the first time.

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Household usage and adoption of communications services continues to accelerate. The number of households with broadband connections increased by 63 percent between 2004 and 2005, to a total of 9 million, and the number of households with digital television also increased by 18 percent between March 2005 and March 2006, to a total of 18.3 million.

Mobile phone usage increased, accounting for 31 percent of all call minutes (up from 28 percent in 2004 and 20 percent in 2001), and the number of households using their broadband connections to make low-cost...

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