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Gartner's Dataquest Says Worldwide Mobile Phone Sales Reached 98 Million Units in Second Quarter 2000
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San Jose, Calif., September 14, 2000 - The global mobile phone market is increasingly reaping the benefits of the proliferation of the wireless Web. During the second quarter of 2000, worldwide mobile phone sales totaled 98 million units, according to Dataquest Inc., a unit of Gartner Group, Inc. (NYSE: IT and ITB). Dataquest analysts said the market is on pace to realize mobile phone sales in excess of 420 million units by the end of 2000.
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"Comprehensive changes are taking place in key global markets that comprise much of the annual and quarterly volume, from second generation voice-centric handsets to data-enabled devices of varying flavors, such as iMode, wireless application protocol (WAP), and so forth," said Bryan Prohm, senior analyst for Dataquest's Mobile Terminal Worldwide program.
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The "Big Three" handset manufacturers continue to dominate mobile phone sales. Together, Nokia, Motorola and Ericsson accounted for 53 percent of worldwide mobile phone sales during the second quarter (see Table 1).
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Table 1 Worldwide Mobile Phone Sales Estimates for Second Quarter 2000 (Thousands of Units)
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| Company |
2Q00 Shipments
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2Q00 Market Share (%)
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| Nokia |
26,947
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27.5
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| Motorola |
15,289
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15.6
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| Ericsson |
10,132
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10.3
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Panasonic
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5,506
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5.6
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Alcatel
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5,471
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5.6
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Siemens
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5,428
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5.5
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Samsung
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5,417
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5.5
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Others
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23,790
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24.3
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Total Market
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97,979
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100.0
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Source: Dataquest (September 2000)
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As the number of mobile connections continues to grow, the mobile phone market looks increasingly similar to that of any other established consumer electronics product. Dataquest analysts said that although performance remains important, brand recognition speaks louder than some transitory performance advantage, which technology brings.
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"Mainstream market stability should return early in 2001, after the changeover to WAP and next generation products gains momentum. Meanwhile, the shift to lower-end phones continues to lower barriers to market entry. There are more competitive share players in each major regional market now than in past years; as a result, supply has finally caught up with demand," Mr. Prohm said.
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Additional analysis is available to subscribers of Dataquest's Mobile Communications Worldwide program. This program provides detailed mobile communications research and analysis of major sectors in 10 individual regions and major countries. More information on this program can be found on Dataquest's Web site at http://www.dataquest.com.
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To subscribe to this program, please call 800-419-DATA, or 408-468-8009. More information about Dataquest's programs, descriptions of recent research reports, and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet at www.dataquest.com.
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Additional analysis on the outlook for the wireless industry will be provided during Gartner's Symposium/ITxpo 2000, October 16-20 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. This event is the IT industry's largest and most strategic conference providing business leaders with a look at the future of IT. Some of the speakers at this year's event include Hewlett-Packard's chairman and CEO, Carly Fiorina; Sun Microsystems' chairman and CEO, Scott McNealy; and Microsoft's president and CEO, Steve Ballmer. To register for Gartner's Symposium/ITxpo 2000, please call 1-800-778-1997 or 1-203-316-6757, or go to www.gartner.com.
Members of the media can register by contacting Lisette Kwong at 1-212-320-2330 or lkwong@tsicomm.com.
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Gartner's Dataquest is the recognized leader in providing the high-technology and financial communities with market intelligence for the semiconductor, computer systems and peripherals, communications, document management, software, and services sectors of the global information technology industry.
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