Mobile sales expected to reach 1 billion a year
According to predictions by Gartner research firm, mobile phone usage will be as high as 2.6 billion around the world by the end of 2009.
779 million mobile handsets are expected to be sold this year.
Sales of smartphones will grow at the fastest pace; 50 million units are expected to be sold this year and 280 million units by 2009, according to Gartner.
A smartphone is any handheld device that has built in capability to manage personal information and mobile phone capability (a PDA and phone in one).
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