The French greatly appreciate the digital and they love Also the mobile Internet. Consumption data via a mobile in France has almost doubled in a year and now exceeds one gigabyte (GB) per month in 2015 to active clients on the Internet, according to the digital barometer presented Friday by the Telecom Regulatory Authority ( Arcep) and the General Council of the economy (CGE).
The survey shows that Arcep equipment in tablets and smartphones has grown at a steady pace with growth in one year, 6 points and 12 points respectively . Now 35% of the population has a tablet and more than 1 in 2 French smartphone.
Specifically, this strong increase in consumption of Internet on laptops can be explained in many ways, starting with the number of people who now have a smartphone or tablet connected to the web. Of those surveyed, 58% have a mobile generation while 35% have a touch pad (+ 6% in one year).
The tablet becomes more popular than computers
The Ministry of Economy and ARCEP commissioned a study by Credoc. The objective is to obtain digital usage information. The first lesson shows that the tablet knows a real success, which tends to reduce sales of computers. The new device is especially appreciated by the 25/39 years and has benefited from a rise in a few years.
More broadly, if 86% of French people regularly surf the internet, fixed and mobile, it which places France at the top of the European average (76%), it concerns almost all 12-29 years (98-100%) against only 38% of 70 and over and still 76% of 60- 69.
The mobile Internet is experiencing a meteoric explosion
In the same vein, the mobile too, experienced strong growth which is estimated at 40% in just 4 years. The number of smartphones is even more important than the one referenced to the fixed phone. Regarding the Internet, 54% of respondents use the data and a fixed connection. This has had an impact on the consumption of mobile data, as it offers a nice increase. However, 2015 is proving to be an exceptional year with an explosion of statistics. In general, users spend nearly 1 GB per month.
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In its report, ARCEP indicates that the uses already installed continue to grow: 51% of French people listen or download music on the Internet; 35% watch or download movies, videos or series; 37% watch TV on the Internet, live or catch. Meanwhile, the use of social networks is exploding, especially for information; 52% participate in social networks. Among the followers of social networks, from those who inquire about current events through this channel jumped 17 points between 2012 and 2015.
Seeking information to health explodes
The mobile Internet allows many uses they are related emails, conventional navigation or social networks (91%). Entertainment (82%) and sharing photos / videos (79%) experiencing a real boom, but the data also gives information on the news (71%) or to meet new people (25%). In terms of information, it is mainly health which amplifies and this concerns 41% of respondents in 2015 against 26% in 2007.
The study also distinguishes a change Internet usages in depending on qualifications obtained since only 44% of non-graduates go on the canvas when almost all university graduates use. If the mobile Internet is now widely entered the uses, it does not hold true for the use of home automation or digital books, which are only used by, respectively, 6% and 8% of respondents .
Classification Arcep uses of smartphones
Internet and email in mind. At the head of this barometer, web browsing uses 52% of smartphone owners. Just behind, we find another use mobile flagship, namely consultation of mails and electronic messages, for 45% of users. Two uses up sharply this year as they were respectively 43 and 36% in 2014.
Applications on the third step. In third place the most common uses, the application download. Those are just 44% of smartphone owners indicate that download applications on Google’s application store, Apple or Microsoft against 36% last year.
The geolocation and instant messaging are progressing. For the second year in the ranking, the use of geolocation and new messaging applications (Hangouts, WhatsApp, Messenger …) is progressing well. 36% of smartphone users use their mobile to geolocate a restaurant (28% in 2014), a bar while they are 25% to use instant messaging (17% in 2014).
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