Apple iPhone drives Wi-Fi adoption in UK
- Author:
- Richard Wilson
- Posted:
- 18:25 18 Dec 2008
- Topics:
- Mobile & Wireless Networking | Smartphones
Sales of the Apple iPhone and other Wi-Fi-enabled smartphones are driving growth in the use of Wi-Fi in the UK and the US, research reveals.
In November, 8% of advertising requests in the UK were on Wi-Fi networks, up from 4% of requests in August, according to figures from AdMob, which operates a mobile advertising marketplace.
The Wi-Fi-enabled iPod Touch music player, the Nokia N95 and other N series phones are also driving higher Wi-Fi usage from mobile handsets.
The picture is similar in the US, said AdMob, where the market is strongly influenced by the Apple iPhone.
Worldwide requests from iPhones grew 52% month over month to 359 million in November, giving the iPhone 6.3% of total advertising requests. In the US, the iPhone is the leading Wi-Fi-enabled handset, with 9.9% of requests.
In the US, 42% of iPhone requests are made from Wi-Fi, notably higher than most other Wi-Fi-capable phones which average between 10% and 20%.
AdMob collects and analyses handset and operator data from every advertising request in its network.
