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Monday, December 26, 2005
3G sales expected to double next year
Opinions from market leaders:
* Rick Simonsen, CFO Nokia: We expect the devices to double in volume in 06
* Ron Garriques, CEO Motorola: did not see (2006) as a breakthrough year for the 3G market
They are both right in a way, as doubling of sales is very little.
I had expected that manufacturers would simply add 3G to more mainstream models, so whether consumers would actually choose the phones for the sake of 3G or something else (like more memory for music, full web browsing, better video recording etc) wouldn't matter. That way volumes could increase rapidly (and not just double). 3G chip sets are of course more expensive than GPRS ditto, so putting 3G in all phones doesn't make sense either, especially as we are in a renaissance period for simple and low-cost phones (both in emerging markets and developed ones).
Nokia sees 3G handset sales doubling in 2006 - Yahoo! News
* Rick Simonsen, CFO Nokia: We expect the devices to double in volume in 06
* Ron Garriques, CEO Motorola: did not see (2006) as a breakthrough year for the 3G market
They are both right in a way, as doubling of sales is very little.
I had expected that manufacturers would simply add 3G to more mainstream models, so whether consumers would actually choose the phones for the sake of 3G or something else (like more memory for music, full web browsing, better video recording etc) wouldn't matter. That way volumes could increase rapidly (and not just double). 3G chip sets are of course more expensive than GPRS ditto, so putting 3G in all phones doesn't make sense either, especially as we are in a renaissance period for simple and low-cost phones (both in emerging markets and developed ones).
Nokia sees 3G handset sales doubling in 2006 - Yahoo! News
