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U.S. Leads World's Mobile Web Use

by Darren Murph on July 14, 2008 at 02:07 PM


Who says we Americans don't love our mobile Internet? We don't like paying through the nose for it, but there's no denying we heart it profusely. According to new research from Nielson, around 15.6% of US wireless subscribers utilize mobile Internet on their handset, while the UK snatched the silver medallion at 12.9% and Italy the bronze at 11.9%.

Out of the 16 countries studied by the firm, America ranked number one in terms of usage, and oddly enough, Motorola's RAZR / RAZR2 were found as the top devices (10%) for accessing the mobile Web. For those curious, Apple's iPhone came in second with 4%, while RIM's BlackBerry 8100 and 8800 series claimed 2% each. Even if you're usually not the numbers type, we'd say it's worth your while to give these a peek -- pretty interesting stuff, from a nerd's point of view. [Warning: PDF read link [Via modoNews]

Tags: america, data, internet, mobile broadband, mobile internet, MobileBroadband, MobileInternet, nielson, research, study, us

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