Consumers hang up on fixed-line services

Mobile services rose 13 per cent to 29.28 million in the year to June 30, a report by the Australian Communications and Media Authority shows.

A surge in the number of mobile wireless broadband services and internet services fuelled the net growth in mobile services, the ACMA said.

Mobile wireless broadband services rose by 39 per cent to 4.79 million services in the year to June 30, 2011, during mobile phone internet services increased by 43 per cent to 9.68 million services.

ACMA chairman Chris Chapman said more Australians were adopting various communication devices to suit their lifestyle and professional needs.

The increased adoption of voice over internet protocol

"This is most evident in the increased adoption of voice over internet protocol, mobiles, the internet and other specific communication channels to boot to the fixed-line telephone," he said in a statement on Tuesday.

The increase in mobile phones mirrored a rise in the number of Australians without a fixed home telephone line service, 2.7 million at June 30 from 2.3 million a year earlier.

The bulk of data from the internet

Fixed-line networks continued to carry the bulk of data from the internet, accounting for an estimated 93 per cent of total information downloaded.