The survey indicates that 21 per cent of childminders are using their mobile phone to connect to the internet. This is four times the figure from last year's survey.
A further 70 per cent of childminders use a laptop computer, and 55 per cent a home PC, to go online.
The findings come in the same week as new research by media regulator Ofcom reveals that more than a quarter of adults now own a smartphone.
According to the NCMA's survey, 82 per cent of childminders use the internet for activities relating to their business, with 88 per cent going online to find resources to use with the children they care for, and a third using the internet to keep themselves up to date with developments in childcare policy.
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