Nearly 90 percent of Czechs own cell phones

Some 86 percent of Czechs older than 16 years had a mobile phone in 2007, a growth of 2.4 percentage points against the previous year, according to the Czech Statistical Office. There were 13 million active mobile phones in the country last year, which means there were around 126 phone numbers per 100 people. Data from EU’s statistical office Eurostat put the Czech Republic just below the top ten EU countries as regards the number of mobile phone users.