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Articles tagged with: Idc and Chipset
Western European Mobile Phone Market now in Recession
Three consecutive quarters of negative growth have led the Western European mobile phone market into recession. According to idc's European Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped 53.6 million units in 4Q08, 13.5% lower than the 62 million units shipped in 4Q07. For the full year 2008, vendors shipped 190.5 million units in Western Europe, 5.9% lower than the 202.5 million units shipped in 2007. more
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Worldwide Mobile Phone Market Declined by 12.6% in Fourth Quarter
The worldwide mobile phone market experienced an unusual downturn in the normally robust fourth quarter of 2008 (4Q08). According to idc's Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped a total of 289.0 million units, 12.6% lower than the 330.8 million units shipped during 4Q07. For the full year 2008, vendors shipped a total of 1.18 billion units worldwide, 3.5% greater than the 1.14 billion units shipped during 2007. more
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Mobile Phone Market Poised for Slowdown in 2009
The impact of the global economic crisis will spread to the mobile phone market resulting in a downturn in shipments in 2009. According to idc, total mobile phone volumes will be 2.2% lower in 2009 than 2008 levels, the first downturn in annual shipment volumes since 2001 when shipments declined 2.3%. Over the past several years, the mobile phone market has enjoyed double-digit annual growth due to an increased emphasis on emerging markets. However, emerging market growth has been steadily slowing as these markets mature. idc now expects worldwide growth to be just 7.3% in 2008 before slipping into negative growth in 2009. more
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Laptops to come with "Mobile Inside" Logo
A group of IT and mobile companies have united behind a GSMA-led initiative to create a new category of always-connected Mobile Broadband devices, which the GSMA says will offer a technical alternative to Wi-Fi services. more
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