Pop quiz: Which has more pages: (A) the Communications Market Report or (B) Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage?

If you answered (B) — treat yourself to a Frappuccino at some point this bank holiday weekend!

Ofcom’s tome is a mere 337 pages. Of Human Bondage is 611 — at least the version on my desk.

Anyway, the report is here. Ofcom say in part:

UK consumers now spend 50 hours per week on the phone, surfing the internet, watching television or listening to the radio. Average daily internet use in 2006 (36 minutes) was up 158% on 2002 and time spent on the mobile phone (almost 4 minutes per day) was up 58%. Time spent watching TV was down 4% at 3 hours and 36 minutes, listening to radio was down 2% at 2 hours and 50 minutes and time spent on a fixed line phone was down 8% at 7 minutes.

While consumers are getting more out of their communications services, the amount they are spending on them continues to fall. In 2006, average household spend on communications services was £92.65 per month, down from £94.03 in 2005.

So we are getting more for less. Excellent!