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Media > Telecommunications Stats: compare key data on United Kingdom & United States

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STAT United Kingdom United States HISTORY
Country calling code 44 1
Telephone > Fixed telephone lines 33.01 million
Ranked 9th.
139 million
Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than United Kingdom

Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people 522.08
Ranked 16th. 18% more than United States
442.8
Ranked 28th.

Telephone > Landlines 33.21 million
Ranked 8th.
114 million
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than United Kingdom
Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 52.88
Ranked 12th. 19% more than United States
44.41
Ranked 23th.

Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Implementation date 1999.01.?? 2003.11.24
Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Price Free free
Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile penetration 72%
Ranked 14th.
74.7%
Ranked 9th. 4% more than United Kingdom
Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile phones 75.75 million
Ranked 17th.
327.58 million
Ranked 3rd. 4 times more than United Kingdom
Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions 45.42 million
Ranked 9th.
234.41 million
Ranked 1st. 5 times more than United Kingdom
Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people 716.45
Ranked 13th.
740.25
Ranked 9th. 3% more than United Kingdom
Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 84.94 million
Ranked 18th.
303.05 million
Ranked 3rd. 4 times more than United Kingdom

Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 1,343.35
Ranked 40th. 39% more than United States
965.4
Ranked 113th.

SOURCES: Wikipedia: List of country calling codes (Alphabetical listing by country or region); United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of telephone lines in use; International Telecommunications Union; Wikipedia: Mobile number portability (America); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions (List of countries) ("Active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012" , Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, International Telecommunication Union . Retrieved on 29 June 2013.); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of mobile phones in use; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions (List of countries) (Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" , Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions (List of countries) (Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" , Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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