Mobile connections in the United Kingdom (UK) 2013-2023, by type

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Sep 2, 2024

There were 116 million mobile subscriptions in the United Kingdom as of 2023, up from 111.7 million in 2022. The majority of these, 84.3 million, were mobile handset subscriptions, while almost 5 million were dedicated to mobile data alone. A further 25 million were M2M (machine to machine) subscriptions, which have accounted for a growing share.

Number of mobile connections in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2013 to 2023, by type (in millions)

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Statistic: Number of mobile connections in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2013 to 2023, by type (in millions)

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July 2024

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

2013 to 2023

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Includes M2M and estimates where Ofcom does not receive data from operators

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*The source adds the following information: "The increase in connections in 2019 is dues to a provider starting to report connections which it had previously excluded from its figures."

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