That's up 32 per cent in a year, says comScore.
The UK leads the growth, with smartphone adoption up 70 per cent to more than 11m. France is up 48 percent to 7m, Italy up 11 per cent to 15m.
Smartphone Subscribers
3 Month Average Ending Jan 2010 v 3 Month Average Ending Jan 2009
Jan 2009
UK 6,525
France 4,842
Germany 6,309
Spain 7,809
Italy 13,510
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Jan 2010
UK 11,109
France 7,140
Germany 8,429
Spain 9,907
Italy 15,037
Interestingly the rise in adoption is happening in parallel with a squeeze in average smartphone tariffs. comScore says the mid to low tier is growing faster than high tier subscriptions (greater than £35 in U.K. and €50 in Euro currency countries) in each of the 'EU5' markets.
Smartphone Growth by Payment Tier
3 Month Average Ending Jan. 2010 v 3 Month Average Ending Jan. 2009
Mid to Low Tier
Jan 2009
UK 6,745
% change 76
France 4,695
% change 52
Germany 6,077
% change 41
Spain 6,257
% change 40
Italy 11,259
% change 14
High Tier
Jan 2010
UK 4,037
% change 60
France 2,280
% change 43%
Germany 2,206
% change 18
Spain 3,475
% change 9
Italy 3,159
% change 4
There are more stats on the comScore site here
