Australians’ ownership of internet enabled phones now sits at 43 per cent, with 29 per cent regularly using it to search, email, find maps and share their lives on Facebook, Twitter and MySpace

80.1% of Australians are internet users

Over 5 million households have broadband internet

Australian Internet users spend more of their time on the Internet than their use of all other types of media

Nearly 60% of Australian shoppers research onpne before purchasing

Online spending in Australia is expected to reach $33.8 billion by 2012

Australians spend an average of 17.6 hours per week online

Internet searches are the most popular online activity on the phones.

Some 73 per cent of mobile internet users conduct online searches by mobile now

96% of online Australians report they own a mobile phone

Internet has overtaken the mobile phone as the preferred method to communicate

Internet was seen to have the most even spread of usage throughout the day amongst various media

Online ‘social networking', 'instant messaging' and 'downloading' are activities more likely to be undertaken by younger Australians

Based on video content alone, 41% of Internet users download or stream video

It is estimated that approximately 1.73 billion people worldwide now use the Internet

Asia represents the largest proportion of Internet users globally (43%)