Mobile phone sales grow except in Japan

Worldwide mobile phone sales grew 21.5 percent year on year to 251 million units in the third quarter, with India and China driving growth, according to research from Gartner, reports Digital World Tokyo.

''Sales should reach 986 million units by the end of the year, the research group said.

Europe, one of the most mature mobile phone markets in the world, showed just 1.9 percent growth over the same quarter last year.

Asia Pacific experienced the most dramatic gains, with sales of 80.8 million units during the third quarter, an increase of 54.7 percent over the same period last year. That significant growth happened despite a decline in sales of 4.7 percent in Japan compared to the third quarter in 2005.

An increase in retail outlets and better distribution channels in emerging markets such as Indonesia, Philippines and India significantly offset that loss though, driving growth in the region.''
11/23/2006 11:07:00 AM
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