July 19, 2004

Australia lags behind in mobile usage

Australia's usage of internet enabled and camera mobile phones is well behind global rates, but local demand for text and picture services shows promise, according to a new study by Mobinet. [smh]

"The Mobinet 2004 study of 5,800 mobile phone users in 15 countries reports that Australia's internet enabled phones penetration rate is36 per cent, below the global average of 47 per cent and well under market leaders South Korea (83 per cent), Japan (79 per cent) and Germany (63 per cent)."

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