One Billion Mobile Phones
One Billion Mobile Phones
Global shipments of mobile phones are expected to reach the watershed number of 1 billion this year, according to a report released Thursday. But there is a caveat: the shipment boom won't necessarily translate into profits for suppliers.
Research by industry experts Gartner, published today, shows global handset sales rising from an estimated 780m this year to more than 1bn in 2009. Last year 674m phones were sold.
Cumulatively from 1997 to 2009 the world's mobile phone manufacturers are expected to have produced 7.5bn phones - more than enough for every man, woman and child on the planet. The actual number in use is likely to be about 2.6bn.
Global shipments of mobile phones are expected to reach the watershed number of 1 billion this year, according to a report released Thursday. But there is a caveat: the shipment boom won't necessarily translate into profits for suppliers.
Research by industry experts Gartner, published today, shows global handset sales rising from an estimated 780m this year to more than 1bn in 2009. Last year 674m phones were sold.
Cumulatively from 1997 to 2009 the world's mobile phone manufacturers are expected to have produced 7.5bn phones - more than enough for every man, woman and child on the planet. The actual number in use is likely to be about 2.6bn.
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