BOSTON-Most people completely replacing their landline phones with wireless phones are between 18 and 24 years old, according to The Yankee Group’s 2003 Mobile User Young Adult Survey.
While 12 percent of respondents who said they had replaced their landline phones were in the 18-to-24 year-old age group, just 4 percent were older than 24. Further, among the 18-to-24 year-old group, another 28 percent said they plan to replace their landlines within the next five years.
“The mobile phone has become the essential means of communications, making the landline phone a supplemental and increasingly non-essential item, particularly among young adults and college students who are often not home and who frequently change addresses,” said Linda Barrabee, senior analyst from The Yankee Group. “Young adults are leading this movement because they seek to stay connected and are more open to changing traditional communications habits.”
