Czechs EU’s number one in exclusive cell phone use

Czechs are more likely to only use mobile telephones than any other nation in the EU, the daily Lidové Noviny reported on Monday, referring to a study by the German Bittcom association. The survey reveals that 64 percent of Czech households exclusively use cell phones and not land lines. Czechs are followed by Finns (61 percent), Lithuanians (53 percent) and Hungarians (50 percent). One of the reasons for the high prevalence of cell phone users might be the fact that land lines were difficult to get during communism and people went straight to cell phones once they became available.