If you are revolted by the tax on your mobile phone bill - look to the British

The British communicate to a greater extent via Facebook, Skype, etc. than they do it by phone, which led to the first ever recorded drop in the number of mobile phone calls, the latest research shows, Hina agency reports.

The annual report on the use of telecommunications states that the average user sends 50 texts per week, which is four times more than four years ago, and that in 2011 about 150 billion text messages were sent.

The average user also spends almost an hour and a half a week using e-mail, on social networks such as Facebook or Twitter or using a mobile phone to access the Internet, while fewer calls were recorded on both fixed and mobile networks.

The time spent talking on the phone recorded a drop of 5 percent in 2011, according to the research, which recorded a 10 percent drop in calls on fixed lines, and for the first time a drop of over 1 percent on mobile networks.

Changes in communication are primarily attributed to young people, despite the fact that they claim to prefer face-to-face conversation

Changes in communication are primarily attributed to young people, despite the fact that they claim to prefer face-to-face conversation.

About 96 percent of respondents between the ages of 16 and 24 use text applications to keep in touch with friends or relatives, of which 90 percent send messages, and 73 percent use social networks.

Changes in communication habits go hand in hand with the increased number of "smartphone" users, with which access to the Internet is facilitated.

Close to four out of ten adults (39 percent) have the so-called "smartphone", which represents an increase of 12 percent compared to the previous year. At the same time, the use of the Internet via mobile phones is also growing year by year.

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