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NewsSony Ericsson may not turnaround until 2010
Analysts are painting a grim short-term outlook for Sony Ericsson. Neil Mawston, handset analyst with Strategy Analytics, says that the handset maker may see a bump in sales over Christmas, however, Read more...
Intel sees growth potential for cheap, mobile devices
In an interview with Forbes.com, Intel's head of Europe Christian Morales talks about the strong demand in emerging markets for inexpensive mobile Internet devices and how his firm has developed Read more...
Mobile phone sales will reach 1.28B in 2008
Research firm Gartner says that worldwide mobile phone sales will top 1.28 billion units in 2008, an 11 percent increase over last year. Handset sales reached 294.3 million in first quarter 2008 and Read more...
Report: Handset shipments topped 287M in Q2
Strategy Analytics says that global mobile handset shipments grew 15 percent year-over-year to reach 297 million in second quarter 2008. Analyst Bonny Joy says that despite the economic gloom, Read more...
LG posts good quarter, warns about current quarter
LG Electronics is forecasting a tough third quarter despite posting positive results for the second quarter. The handset vendor said it is facing slowing shipments to emerging markets and higher Read more...
Vodafone reports jump in revenue, lowers outlook for year
Vodafone Group, the world's largest mobile operator by revenue, posted a 19.1 percent increase in sales for the first quarter, but warned that full-year sales will be on the low end of its previous Read more...
Report: Emerging markets accounted for majority of WiMAX subs in 2007
Pyramid Research says emerging markets accounted for more than 70 percent of the world's WiMAX subscribers in 2007. The firm recently conduct an audit of commercial WiMAX networks across the globe Read more...
Nokia's profit up 25% but outlook cautious
Nokia posted a 25 percent rise in first quarter net income thanks to emerging markets, but claimed that the weaker U.S. dollar, general economic slowdown in the U.S. and possible economic slowdown in Read more...
Forecast: Nokia's Q1 net profit up 42 percent
According to a poll of financial analysts conducted by Factset, Nokia's first quarter profit is expected to hit $2.19 billion, a 42 percent increase over the year-ago period in which the company Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Report: Top emerging markets
FierceWireless:Europe has put together a special report on the top emerging markets based on subscriber growth during the past year. Read more...
| Whitepapers and ReportsCDMA2000 for Developing MarketsMost emerging markets have one thing in common—their citizens and businesses have limited access to basic telephone
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