4GEE TRANSFORMING BRITAIN INTO NATION OF NOMADIC SHARERS, STREAMERS AND SHOPPERS
New 4GEE Mobile Living Index provides snapshot of how superfast connectivity is changing daily life
One in four ultra-social Britons check social apps more than ten times a day on their 4G smartphone or tablet
Survey reveals Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are the UK’s favourite social media apps over 4G
People sharing videos and pictures, leading to network upload traffic overtaking download at key events
One in three streaming more video over 4G than they did using 3G, with BBC iPlayer, Netflix and Sky Go the favourite TV services
71% shopping on their 4G smartphone or tablet, with men three times more likely than women to spend over £200 a month on their mobile.
London. 19 August – EE, the UK’s most advanced digital communications company, today released the first-ever 4GEE Mobile Living Index, new research that combines statistics from EE’s 4G mobile network with an in-depth survey of 4GEE customers. The 4GEE Mobile Living Index is the first of EE’s snapshots of the nation’s mobile behaviour, providing detailed insight into how faster mobile internet speeds are changing our lives.
Pippa Dunn, Chief Marketing Officer, Consumer, EE said: “The way our 4GEE customers are using their mobiles and tablets has evolved significantly since we brought superfast 4G to the UK just ten months ago.
“EE’s introduction of 4G to Britain is giving customers new flexibility and independence. It lets them share more, stream more, and spend more while on the move.
“EE’s 4G coverage now reaches nearly 60% of the UK. We are entering a new digital era, the era of the ‘always online’ generation.”
Fotis Karonis, Chief Technology Officer, EE said: “A large proportion of activity on our 3G network is web browsing. But on 4G customers enjoy traditionally fixed line activities such as shopping, watching movies and catching up with TV on their mobiles. It is a real evolution, with a quarter of our customers now spending more than three hours a day on the mobile internet.
“What is really interesting is that with 4G upload speeds five times faster than home broadband [1], we are seeing social media use becoming more mobile and transforming faster than had been imagined.
“For the first time in the UK, the amount of data uploaded onto our network has surpassed downloads at major events such as the London Marathon and Baroness Thatcher’s funeral. 4G users are intuitively taking advantage of increased upload speeds. We predict data volumes over social media sites will increase tenfold by 2015.”
Other key findings from the 4GEE Mobile Living Index include:
4G Going Beyond Early Adopters
Whereas men were first to adopt 4G in the early months after its launch in the UK, women now make up nearly half of EE’s new 4G customers
4G users on average are five years younger than 3G users.
Streaming Video Goes Mainstream and Creates a Second Screen
Video downloading, uploading and streaming makes up 26% of network traffic over 4G – with YouTube accounting for 14% alone
Half of all 4G customers (49%) own tablet devices alongside their smartphones
Streaming peaks during morning commute, lunch, evening commute and especially throughout the evening. People are using 4G devices as second screens or switching to tablet devices in their downtime.
A wave of people streaming the Wimbledon Final resulted in the busiest day ever for EE’s 4G network – 20% higher than ever before
People are streaming more over devices with big screens like the iPad and Samsung Galaxy Note 2, which drive 60% more streaming of video data than smartphones.
4G Unleashes Britain
Two in three say they are using the mobile internet over 4G at least an hour a day, with 23% saying they are online via their 4G mobile devices more than three hours a day
Nearly 50% say they browse the web more on 4G than 3G, and over one in three say they download apps, use GPS services and access social media more with 4G than 3G
43% say they use fewer or no public Wi-Fi hotspots since having 4G
23% say they use their home broadband less since moving to 4G
One in four ultra-social Britons check social apps more than ten times a day on their 4G smartphone or tablet
Survey reveals Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are the UK’s favourite social media apps over 4G
People sharing videos and pictures, leading to network upload traffic overtaking download at key events
One in three streaming more video over 4G than they did using 3G, with BBC iPlayer, Netflix and Sky Go the favourite TV services
71% shopping on their 4G smartphone or tablet, with men three times more likely than women to spend over £200 a month on their mobile.
London. 19 August – EE, the UK’s most advanced digital communications company, today released the first-ever 4GEE Mobile Living Index, new research that combines statistics from EE’s 4G mobile network with an in-depth survey of 4GEE customers. The 4GEE Mobile Living Index is the first of EE’s snapshots of the nation’s mobile behaviour, providing detailed insight into how faster mobile internet speeds are changing our lives.
Pippa Dunn, Chief Marketing Officer, Consumer, EE said: “The way our 4GEE customers are using their mobiles and tablets has evolved significantly since we brought superfast 4G to the UK just ten months ago.
“EE’s introduction of 4G to Britain is giving customers new flexibility and independence. It lets them share more, stream more, and spend more while on the move.
“EE’s 4G coverage now reaches nearly 60% of the UK. We are entering a new digital era, the era of the ‘always online’ generation.”
Fotis Karonis, Chief Technology Officer, EE said: “A large proportion of activity on our 3G network is web browsing. But on 4G customers enjoy traditionally fixed line activities such as shopping, watching movies and catching up with TV on their mobiles. It is a real evolution, with a quarter of our customers now spending more than three hours a day on the mobile internet.
“What is really interesting is that with 4G upload speeds five times faster than home broadband [1], we are seeing social media use becoming more mobile and transforming faster than had been imagined.
“For the first time in the UK, the amount of data uploaded onto our network has surpassed downloads at major events such as the London Marathon and Baroness Thatcher’s funeral. 4G users are intuitively taking advantage of increased upload speeds. We predict data volumes over social media sites will increase tenfold by 2015.”
Other key findings from the 4GEE Mobile Living Index include:
4G Going Beyond Early Adopters
Whereas men were first to adopt 4G in the early months after its launch in the UK, women now make up nearly half of EE’s new 4G customers
4G users on average are five years younger than 3G users.
Streaming Video Goes Mainstream and Creates a Second Screen
Video downloading, uploading and streaming makes up 26% of network traffic over 4G – with YouTube accounting for 14% alone
Half of all 4G customers (49%) own tablet devices alongside their smartphones
Streaming peaks during morning commute, lunch, evening commute and especially throughout the evening. People are using 4G devices as second screens or switching to tablet devices in their downtime.
A wave of people streaming the Wimbledon Final resulted in the busiest day ever for EE’s 4G network – 20% higher than ever before
People are streaming more over devices with big screens like the iPad and Samsung Galaxy Note 2, which drive 60% more streaming of video data than smartphones.
4G Unleashes Britain
Two in three say they are using the mobile internet over 4G at least an hour a day, with 23% saying they are online via their 4G mobile devices more than three hours a day
Nearly 50% say they browse the web more on 4G than 3G, and over one in three say they download apps, use GPS services and access social media more with 4G than 3G
43% say they use fewer or no public Wi-Fi hotspots since having 4G
23% say they use their home broadband less since moving to 4G
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