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Western European Mobile Phone Market now in Recession

.. We expect the first half of 2009 to be very challenging as vendors and distributors grapple with clearing inventory. Should these conditions persist, the mobile phone market may not recover until the middle of 2010." If there was one  more

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Industry Big Guns with no Bullets to Fire

After a devastating end to 2008, the future is looking bleak. At the start of 2009 the mobile industry is starting to implement strategic job cuts and closing of overseas offices. This is just the beginning. The New Year started with Nortel Networks filing for Chapter 11. Many companies are not far behind. The question remains: how will some of the largest blue chip companies fare this year? Based on recent findings, Frost & Sullivan expects several firms to have a tough time fighting this year's projected internal and external challenges.  more

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Worldwide Mobile Phone Market Declined by 12.6% in Fourth Quarter

.. We expect the first half of 2009 to be very challenging as vendors and distributors grapple with clearing inventory. Should these conditions persist, the mobile phone market may not recover until later this year, and possibly not until 2010 more

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Nokia kick-starts GPS market in Europe

Opinion piece by Tony Cripps and Michele Mackenzie, principal analysts

According to a new Ovum forecast, the market for GPS-enabled mobile devices will grow rapidly, from an estimated 163.9 million shipments in 2007 to almost 572 million in 2012. In the early years this growth has been driven by the CDMA players, namely Qualcomm, serving large CDMA markets such as the US, where the E911 mandate stipulates the use of location-based technologies in handsets, and markets such as Korea and Japan where demand for location-enabled services is higher than in other regions.  more

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Nokia kick-starts GPS market in Europe

Opinion piece by Tony Cripps and Michele Mackenzie, principal analysts

According to a new Ovum forecast, the market for GPS-enabled mobile devices will grow rapidly, from an estimated 163.9 million shipments in 2007 to almost 572 million in 2012. In the early years this growth has been driven by the CDMA players, namely Qualcomm, serving large CDMA markets such as the US, where the E911 mandate stipulates the use of location-based technologies in handsets, and markets such as Korea and Japan where demand for location-enabled services is higher than in other regions.  more

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Rumours of Microsoft Mobile Phone Reappear

A research note has renewed suspicions that Microsoft could be working on an own-branded mobile phone to shore up support for its Windows Mobile platform in the face of competition from other smartphone operating systems.  more

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Rumours of Microsoft Mobile Phone Reappear

A research note has renewed suspicions that Microsoft could be working on an own-branded mobile phone to shore up support for its Windows Mobile platform in the face of competition from other smartphone operating systems.  more

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Apple Faces Suit Over 3G iPhone Glitches

SAN FRANCISCO -(Dow Jones)- A Birmingham, Ala., woman who bought apple's iPhone 3G this summer is suing the computer maker, alleging that apple falsely claims the phone's Internet connection is twice as fast as the original iPhone.  more

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