Western European Mobile Phone Market up by 20 percent in Q2
According to IDC, the Western European mobile phone market (consisting of traditional mobile phones and converged devices) witnessed healthy year-on-year growth of 20% in 2Q05. IDC reports that shipments reached 37.6 million units, predominantly driven by increased traction in low-end segments and renewal demand for new feature-rich handsets, with sequential growth of 4% raising expectations for total 2005 market growth.
IDC’s short-range forecast based on the healthy Q2 growth, predicts the Western European total mobile phone market will increase 11% in 2005.
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