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Average person will soon have two mobile phones
Britain is edging closer to becoming a two-mobile nation, according to the latest survey.

By Louise Gray
Last Updated: 3:21PM GMT 26 Dec 2008

The poll of 1,000 people found most adults have a handset, with only the very young and very old not owning a mobile phone.

The average mobile phone owner now has an average of 1.8 handsets and the figure is expected to rise to two mobiles for every person soon.

The rise in ownership is thought to be because more people have one mobile for personal calls and another for work as companies give employees Blackberry devices to keep in touch out of hours.

Market research firm Mintel, which carried out the survey, said increased ownership is also being driven by the falling costs of using a mobile.

Despite the credit crunch, networks are offering increasingly competitive prices.

Jim Clark, a senior analyst with Mintel, said: "With the average person now owning 1.8 phones we are fast moving towards a two-phone per person society.

"There is no doubt that many people are now so dependent on their mobile phone that they cannot imagine living without one.

"What is more, as purse strings tighten, it seems the one thing that the nation is not prepared to cut back on is the mobile phone."




http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/technologynews/3949050/Average-person-will-soon-have-two-mobile-phones.html