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Thursday, January 25, 2007

More than 1 billion mobile phones shipped 2006

That's ... at least a truck load. Up 22.5% since 2005.

Relative market share:

Nokia: 35.8%, up
Motorola: 22.3%, up
Samsung: 11%, same
Sony Ericsson: 8.8%, up
LG: 5.8%, down

Quote: Emerging markets became a bigger factor in the industry's growth in 2006, accounting for more than half of all shipments.

2006 cell phone shipments top 1 billion

Cellphone shipments top one billion for first time in 2006, led by Nokia, Motorola

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