New product introductions, portfolio refreshes, and exciting new form factors helped spur growth in the worldwide mobile phone market during the third quarter of 2005, according to IDC, with Nokia continuing to dominate the market. IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker reports worldwide mobile phone shipments rose 19.1 percent year over year and increased sequentially 8.8 percent in the third quarter of 2005 to reach 208.3 million units.
Mobile Phone Shipments Skyrocket in Third Quarter
Posted by: Jennifer LeClaire October 21, 2005 09:37 AMNew product introductions, portfolio refreshes, and exciting new form factors helped spur growth in the worldwide mobile phone market during the third quarter of 2005, according to IDC, with Nokia continuing to dominate the market. IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker reports worldwide mobile phone shipments rose 19.1 percent year over year and increased sequentially 8.8 percent in the third quarter of 2005 to reach 208.3 million units.