No End in Sight to Britain's Mobile Revolution ; NEWS ANALYSIS the Boom Is Nowhere near over. 80 per Cent of the Population Could Be Using Cellular Telephones by 2005

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IF YOU haven't got a mobile phone yet, don't worry, you soon will.

That confident assessment of growth trends in the UK mobile market is being borne out by the scorching pace with which consumers are climbing aboard the mobile bandwagon. Whether for convenience, business, personal security or just plain style, the mobile revolution is arriving faster than many of the industry's prophets thought possible less than a year ago.

Indeed, figures released yesterday show that a record 2.7 million Britons bought mobile phones during the third quarter ending 30 September, turning the industry's traditionally quiet summer period into its busiest ever. But that's just the …