More than one-third of the Dutch population makes use of mobile internet on a smartphone or mobile phone. That says market surveillance authorities OPTA. The figures that the European Commission has published and about which many media reported, are not correct.
The European Commission used according to OPTA other sources, please let the supervisor know Tweakers.net. The number of telephone connections with the mobile internet is at 5.6 million, according to a previously published report. That would amount to more than a third of the Dutch population and more than a quarter of all mobile connections. The European Commission keeps it on just 5.9 percent, nearly a million people.
OPTA is based on combined figures from KPN, Vodafone and T-Mobile. Which the European Commission is based, is unclear. The research for the Commission was done by the bureau is taking place. With the new figures of the OPTA, the Netherlands is in a blow forerunner in the field of mobile internet. In the Idate figures, Luxembourg is the leader with 20.4 percent. It is unclear to what extent the figures of other countries are valid. The European Commission has published the figures for more than a week ago.