U.K. Mobile Calls Drop for the First Time

U.K.mobile phone call volumes have dropped for the first time in 10 years, according to the annual JD Power survey. The survey, of nearly 3,000 U.K. mobile phone users, found that prepaid customers are making an average of 10 calls a week, falling from 14 last year, for example.

Contract customers average 27, down from 35 in 2006, but those customers are now sending 46 text messages every week, up from 32.
Wider adoption of text messaging for communications now is having the same effect on mobile call volumes as email has had on voice communications. Worse, from a mobile provider perspective, is that as text replaces voice, revenues are dropping.

Prepaid customers now spend an average of £12.35 per month, down from £19.29 last year, and even contract customers have seen a 20 per cent drop in their bill (from £40.44 to £32.45).