01-26-2008, 11:05 AM
Quote:The global mobile handset market ended 2007 with a bang, recording shipments of more than 300 million devices in the fourth quarter, according to a report released by IDC Friday. While year-over-year growth for 2007 slowed, the 334 million handsets shipped during the holiday season set a new industry record and was an increase of some 15 percent over the previous quarter.
Shipments in 2007 totaled more than a whopping 1 billion units at 1,144.1 million, representing 12.4 percent in overall growth.
Growth in 2008 and beyond will look much different, however, IDC said. Double-digit gains are a thing of the past from now through 2012, the research firm said, and growth will slow with the market reporting single digit increases...
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