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Wednesday, Nov 28, 2007
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Telecommunications Marketing - Marketing Research 74% rise in Q3 mobile handset sales: Gartner Our Bureau Mumbai, Nov. 27 The Indian mobile handset market has recorded the fastest growth in the third quarter of the current calendar year, according to a recent report from global research firm Gartner Inc. The total number of mobile handsets sold in India touched 2.45 crore units in the quarter ended September 2007, about 74 per cent higher than the 1.41 crore units sold in the corresponding quarter a year ago. Growth drivers“India’s performance was driven by CDMA phones and fierce competition among operators of global system for mobile communications (GSM) networks, which stimulated sales of replacement phones and allowed operators to penetrate rural areas quickly,” said Ms Ann Liang, principal analyst for mobile devices research at Gartner. In Asia/Pacific, mobile phone sales rose to 10.18 crore units, a 26 per cent increase from the third quarter of 2006. “Even though relatively few models were introduced this quarter, overall sales exceeded expectations. Mobile phone sales were mainly driven by strong performances in Asia/Pacific and Eastern Europe, West Asia and Africa,” said Ms Carolina Milanesi, research director for mobile devices research at Gartner. Globally, there was a 15 per cent rise in the worldwide sale of mobile phones to 28.9 crore units. After India, it was the Japanese market that demonstrated maximum rise in mobile sales. Mobile user base up by 5.7 m in Oct Highest-ever mobile subscriber growth in June More Stories on : Telecommunications | Marketing Research
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