FCC Measures Cell Phone Activity

Mar 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Erin Shipps, associate editor

Sign Off, March 2010

As part of its survey, titled “Broadband Adoption and Use in America,” the Federal Communications Commission found that downloading or streaming music or video via cell phone appealed to only 17 percent of adults on average. The largest interest came from 18-29-year-olds, who show a 32 percent interest in this activity. There is hope: With our society’s growing interest in mobility and the ever-increasing combination of mobile media devices, these numbers are bound to boost.

Cell Phone Activity .All adultsAge 18-29Age 30-49Age 50-64Age 65+ Percent with a cell phone8694938666 Percent as a share of those with cell phone send or receive test messages6694795115 Send or receive pictures5277613814 Send or receive e-mail264030175 Send or receive Instant Messages284235208 Access Web pages284832155 Get a map or directions to another location274430168 Download an application to cell phone20362493 Download or stream music or video17321883

Source: Federal Communications Commission survey of 5,005 adult Americans, October-November 2009.

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