Mobile internet use nearing 50%

According to the Office for National Statistics, almost 50% people of UK are going online via mobile phone data connections.

Useage of mobile internet increases in 2011 as compare to 2010, 45% of people surveyed said they made use of the net while out and about, compared with 31% in 2010.
Most of them are young people, where 71% of internet-connected 16 to 24-year-olds used mobiles.
Domestic internet use also rose. According to the ONS, 77% of households now have access to a net connection.
That figure was up 4% from the previous year, representing the slowest rate of growth since the ONS survey began in 2006.
Among the 23% of the population who remain offline, 50% said they "didn't need the internet."
In a statement, Ms Lane-Fox said: "That so many offline households don't see any reason to get online reinforces the importance of the digital champions network that the Raceonline2012 partners are creating."