Tag Archives: IDC

RIM Bursts Into Top 5 List for Global Phone Manufacturers

by on 30. Apr, 2010 in archive

Not just a big day for Waterloo’s Research In Motion. Today marks an incredible day for the company, as they have become the first smartphone-specific mobile phone manufacturer to break into the Top 5 list for global phone manufacturers. That’s right: a list that has, for years, been predominantly filled with feature phones and the [...]

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IDC: Worldwide Mobile Phone Market Expected To Shrink in 2009

by on 31. Jul, 2009 in archive

The worldwide mobile phone market recorded another quarter of year-over-year decline in the second quarter of 2009 (2Q09). According to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, handset vendors shipped a total of 269.6 million units worldwide, down 10.8% from 302.2 million units in 2Q08. The second quarter results are an improvement from the 17.2% decrease [...]

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IDC Predicts Worldwide Mobile Phone Shipments To Fall 8.3% in 2009

by on 13. Mar, 2009 in archive

The worldwide mobile phone market felt the full effects of the economic crisis in the fourth quarter of 2008 as shipments fell 11.6% year over year, marking the first time the holiday quarter has not recorded double digit growth in seven years. This closed out a year that was dismal at best, yet overall 2008 [...]

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Worldwide Mobile Phone Market Declines by 12.6% in Fourth Quarter, More Challenges To Come Says IDC

by on 04. Feb, 2009 in archive

The worldwide mobile phone market experienced an unusual downturn in the normally robust fourth quarter of 2008 (4Q08). According to IDC’s Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped a total of 289.0 million units, 12.6% lower than the 330.8 million units shipped during 4Q07. For the full year 2008, vendors shipped a total of 1.18 billion [...]

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Worldwide Mobile Phone Market Grows 14.3% Amid Economic Jitters, According to IDC

by on 25. Apr, 2008 in archive

The worldwide mobile phone market experienced an expected sequential downturn in shipments following a busy holiday quarter. According to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped a total of 291.6 million units during the first quarter of 2008 (1Q08), down 11.6% from the 330.8 million units shipped during the previous quarter (4Q07) and up [...]

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