Neil Mawston
Neil Mawston
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We're fairly confident it will exceed the 800 million this year.
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Booming demand in the southern hemisphere, in India and Africa, drove global mobile phone sales.
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The winners will be a handful of mega-vendors with global economies of scale.
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I think they felt the candy-bar phone would conquer all. It was a pride thing.
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A more powerful SIM card can be a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it's good for the carriers because it gives them more control, since they control what goes on their SIM. But it also shifts some of the cost from the handset makers to the carriers.
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Japan and Korea dominate market volumes today, accounting for over 80 percent of TV phones sold in 2006. However, Western Europe and North America, as well as China, will be the hot spots for global volume growth over the next few years. We expect Western Europe to ramp up to over one million units sold this year, with North America and China coming online in 2007.
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Two thousand and five was the year of the emerging market. Booming demand in the Southern Hemisphere, in regions such as India and Africa, drove global mobile phone sales 19 percent higher year-over-year. Emerging markets accounted for one half of total worldwide sales in 2005.
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There is evidence to suggest that consumers will be interested in 3.5G services, ... The fact that it offers data speeds that are comparable to fixed-broadband means that consumers are more likely to want it. 3.5G will also appeal to those who are interested in music and gaming and it will also lead to new applications such as Mobile TV.