Telecoms regulator Ofcom has released results from its latest International Communications Market report.

The publication analyses trends in the  global television, radio and telecommunications sectors last year worth £873bn , it found that more than half of all British households possessed a broadband connection at the end of last year.
It also showed that around 40% of households have already taken advantage of a bundled service, where broadband is included with another service such a as phone or internet.

A typical family household in the UK with two parents and two children, who use a basket of communications services that includes a landline, basic pay-TV and the internet, will pay £25 a month on a triple-pay deal; "This compares with £27.22 in France and £39.77 in Germany. The same family in the US will pay £69.54," stated Ofcom. It also highlighted that 68 per cent of UK broadband were satisfied with their broadband speed, even though the UK has one of the biggest gaps in perceived headline and actual speeds.