Who is the biggest mobile device manufacturer in term of devices sold and produced?
It is interesting to note that the mobile phone industry sold 1.3 billion new phones last year (2007), up from 1 Billion the year before (2006). This is the top 10 list of phone manufacturers according to Financial Times issue of 28/02/2008:
Manufacturer Market Share
1. Nokia 40.4%
2. Samsung 13.4%
3. Motorola 11.9%
4. SonyEricsson 9.0%
5. LG 7.1%
6. RIM (Blackberry) 1.2%
7. ZTE 1.2%
8. Sharp 1.0%
9. Kyocera 0.7%
10. Apple (iPhone) 0.6%
Nokia Corporation (OMX: NOK1V, NYSE: NOK, FWB: NOA3) is currently the world's largest manufacturer of mobile telephones, with a global market share of approximately 36% in Q4 of 2006.[1] It produces mobile phones for every major market and protocol, including GSM, CDMA, and W-CDMA (UMTS).
The corporation also produces telecommunications network equipment for applications such as mobile and fixed-line voice telephony, ISDN, broadband access, voice over IP, and wireless LAN.
Nokia's headquarters are in Espoo, a neighbouring city of Helsinki, Finland, but it has R&D, manufacturing, and sales representation sites in many continents throughout the world.
===Source===
1)http://www.nokia.com
2)http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/apple_makes_it_to_the_top_10_among_biggest_phone_makers.php
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