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Smartphone sales buck the recession
A report by Infonetics Research is forecasting an 8% drop in the total number of mobile phones sold in 2009, to 1.1 billion worldwide (down from 1.2 billion in 2008), in line with predictions from Nokia, among others. Smartphones were the best-performing segment of the mobile phones market in 2008 and the only segment to show unit and revenue growth in the second half of the year as the world economy entered recession. more
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New Zealand telco, Digital Island says that it has signed a MVNO deal with Telecom New Zealand to add mobile phone services to its portfolio. The firm will carry out a two month pilot with existing customers beginning in April, followed by a full commercial service from July. more
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2008 is delivering mixed results for mobile infrastructure vendors such as Nokia Siemens Networks, Ericsson, and Alcatel-Lucent. more
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China May Delay 3G License Tender
China's plans to license 3G networks - widely expected to accompany a complete shakeup of the local market, are likely to be delayed for a couple of years an Ernst & Young partner was quoted as saying in a local newspaper. more
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Nokia - The Godzilla of the Global Mobile Phone Business
It's appropriate that Nokia's mobile-handset products are featured prominently in the new film Cloverfield, in which a giant monster flattens New York while gobbling up cast members along the way. That's because in the real world, Nokia has emerged as the Godzilla of the global mobile-handset business, devastating the competition and dining on their market share on its way to dominance. more
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