US mobile web use grows 300% in last year

Link: webitpr | Mobile web use in the US surges ahead with three fold increase in last 12 months

Bango have just released a survey of mobile web usage, which shows the US consumers are really hammering their handsets for internet access.

Bango today published statistics which confirm that the United States is at the forefront of a mobile web growth with a three fold increase in usage over the last year. This rapid rise, taking the US to second position behind the UK, is being fuelled by the increasing popularity of mobile search as a way of finding new content and services.  

By working as a ‘global exchange” for the mobile web, Bango is able to provide a unique insight into where users are coming from world-wide and what handsets they are using.   The top five countries accessing the mobile web via Bango* in April 2007 were the UK at 27%, the US at 21%, South Africa at 11%, India at 9% and Indonesia at 3%.  In total, Bango detects mobile web users from over 190 countries.