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Phones in the UK

98% of adults
carry the handset already.

A door entry system used to mean a handset on every flat’s wall. Almost everyone now carries a better one. These are Ofcom’s figures, not ours.

98%

of UK adults personally use a mobile phone1

95%

use a smartphone1

99%

of 16–44-year-olds use a smartphone1

2%

use no mobile phone at all1

Smartphone use, by age.

Under 65, practically everyone. Older residents are the gap: 72% of over-75s use a smartphone.1

16–2499%
25–4499%
45–6498%
65–7488%
75+72%
Adults who personally use a smartphone. Ofcom Technology Tracker 2026.
Coming soon
Landline Plus: the door rings their own phone.

For residents without a smartphone. If nobody answers in the app within 20 seconds, or nobody in the flat has it, Buzz-In rings the flat’s own phone, mobile or landline. They press 1 to talk to the visitor and enter a PIN to open the door.

For installers

The signal is where the doors are.

Buzz-In’s door controller carries its own 4G connection, and residents answer on 4G, 5G or WiFi.

99%+

of UK premises get 4G outdoors from all four networks2

96%

of the UK’s land area has 4G from at least one network — 84% from all four2

94%

of premises get 5G outdoors on the best-covered network2

91%

of UK call minutes now start on a mobile network3

Coverage figures are Ofcom’s outdoor predictions for January 2026. Signal indoors is lower, most of all in rural areas.

What comes next.

January 2027
4G on 90% of the UK, on every network4

Each of the four operators must cover 90% of the UK’s land area with 4G on its own — not just between them.

2030
Standalone 5G in all populated areas5

The Government’s ambition for nationwide standalone 5G wherever people live.

2030
80% of Europe’s connections on 5G6

The GSMA’s forecast for mobile connections across Europe, with 4G down to 18%.

By 2033
2G and 3G switched off7

Agreed by the Government and all four operators. The networks of the future are 4G and 5G — which is what Buzz-In’s door controller uses.

Use the phone they already have.

For installersSee how it works

Sources

  1. Ofcom, Technology Tracker 2026. Core data tables 78 and 85. 4,033 adults aged 16+ across the UK, interviewed face to face by Ipsos, March–June 2026. Published 11 August 2026.
  2. Ofcom, Connected Nations update: Spring 2026. Predicted outdoor coverage, January 2026.
  3. Ofcom, Communications Market Report 2026. Figures for 2025. Published 30 June 2026.
  4. Shared Rural Network: Ofcom licence obligations. As reported by ISPreview, June 2025.
  5. DSIT, UK Wireless Infrastructure Strategy. Published 11 April 2023.
  6. GSMA, The Mobile Economy Europe 2025. Press release, 15 January 2025.
  7. UK Government and mobile operators, joint statement on 2G and 3G. December 2021.