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The Report on Global Mobile Phone Handset Market is Designed Keeping in Mind the Perspectives of the Market Leaders of the Mobile Handset Manufacturers

Posted on: Friday, 7 April 2006, 15:00 CDT

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c35446) has announced the addition of World Mobile Market (2006) to their offering.

The report on global mobile phone handset market is designed keeping in mind the perspectives of the market leaders of the mobile handset manufacturers. The perspectives of people who are interested in joining the industry and the buyers are also considered in the report. The report is beneficial for both the manufacturers and the buyers of cellular phones. The trends of the global market are clearly depicted. The sales and growth of PDA (personal digital assistant) mobile handsets are also monitored.

Mobile phones have gained a lot of popularity and are the considered to be great multimedia tools. Mobile phones are being used for entertainment purposes due the introduction of new features everyday. They have become more than just call making and receiving devices. Mobile phone handsets now have more business-friendly applications that can enhance anybody's business. With emerging technology, mobile phones have become more than communication devices; they are the tools to stay ahead of competitors and peers in the present times.

The report also analyzes the global handset market from the point of view of sales, the growing demand, and the innovative strategies that are employed by the retailers and manufacturers to lure the consumers. The technological changes in the software and hardware are also analyzed in the report. The report keeps a track of the dynamic consumer behavior and their changing preferences world over. A segregation of the changing trends in different market sectors is also done. Software support based companies like, Nokia and Microsoft, and their competition to gain more profits in market-share is monitored.

Corporate clients and strategy makers can use this report to make crucial decisions, or just to understand the industry with a microscopic view. People in the fashion and lifestyle industry, CEOs, investors, CTOS, lawyers, consultants, application developers, marketing directors, and many more can use the report to make the most out of the mobile handset boom.

The mobile handset sales continue to grow worldwide, going up from 482.5 million in 2003 to 816.5 million in 2005. This growth rate is expected to gradually slow down over a period of five years. The estimated growth figures for these five years are--10% in 2005, 7.7% in 2006, 6.4% in 2007, 4.8% in 2008 and 2.6% in 2009. Notwithstanding the gradual decline in the growth figures, the annual handset sales are predicted to reach more than US $ 3 Billion by 2009. Mobile handsets with innovative features have gained a lot of popularity in the developed nations. But the developing markets, which are not yet saturated, namely, India, Russia, Brazil, Mexico, and China, will mainly carry on the global handset sales.

Some of the prominent companies, namely, Samsung, LG, and Sony Ericsson will see remarkable growth in this year. Though maintaining a huge gap from its nearest rival, Motorola, Nokia is expected to lose some market share in this year.

1. Introduction to Mobile Communications Environment, 2005

1.1 Economic Background Of Mobile Handset Industry Worldwide 2005

1.2 Worldwide Forecast For Mobile Handset Sales 2006-2009

1.3 Global Mobile Handset Replacement Market 2005

1.3.1 Handset sales forecasts - Replacement Sales 1997-2007

1.4 Worldwide Growth In Value Added Services 2005

1.5 Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) 2005

2. Mobile Market Analysis, by Technology 2005

3. Market Segmentation by Region 2005

4. Future Growth Prospects and Opportunities for Key Countries in Mobile Industry Worldwide

5. Key Driving Forces of Mobile Industry Worldwide

6. Recent Trends and Developments 2005-2006

7. Key Players in Mobile Industry Worldwide 2005

7.1 Handset Manufacturers

Companies mentioned

Figure 7-10: Alcatel- Stock Performance

-- Nokia OYJ

-- LG Electronics Mobilecomm U.S.A., Inc.

-- Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB

-- Motorola, Inc

-- Siemens AG

-- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

-- BenQ Corporation

-- Alcatel

-- Ericsson Inc.

-- Panasonic Mobile Communications Co., Ltd.

-- Vodafone

-- China Mobile (Hong Kong) Limited

-- Deutsche Telekom AG

-- China Unicom

-- Telefonica Moviles

-- America Movil

-- France Telecom /Orange

-- Telenor

-- TeliaSonera

-- Cingular

-- AT&T wireless

-- Nextel Partners, Inc.

-- Sprint PCS

-- NTT DoCoMo, Inc.

-- Fujitsu Microelectronics

-- Intel Corporation

-- Sun Microsystems

-- RF Micro Devices, Inc.

-- Zarlink Semiconductor Inc.

-- Infineon Technologies AG

-- Mitsubishi Electric

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Source: Business Wire

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