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Tuesday, July 05, 2005


Mobile phone sales rise again.





Gartner research, reported in
Computing, shows a 17% 2005Q1 sales compared to 2004Q1. A total of 180.6m handsets were sold.




The top three increased their market share:


  1. Nokia - 30.4% (from 28.8, an increase due to performance in China)

  2. Motorola - 16.8%

  3. Motorola - 13.3%




Siemens, who are selling their handset division, was the only manufacturer to ship less handsets and their market share dropped to 5.5% from 8%.