Samsung and LG to grow by taking market share Nokia, Sony Ericsson, and Motorola. Volume of global handset sales in 2009 fell 5.2 percent to 1.13 billion units, from 1.19 billion units in 2008.
Year 2009 was a year of gray for the global mobile industry. As a result of the crisis hit, the world’s consumers put off buying a new phone so that the global mobile phone sales volume drops. However, in the midst of these bleak conditions, there are two mobile phone producers are able to steal growth. They are Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and LG Electronics Inc.
In 2009, Samsung and Motorola to increase the volume of global handset sales to them, and took market share from competitors such as Nokia Corp., Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, and Motorola Inc.. In a recent report, research firm International Data Corp. (IDC) found that the volume of global handset sales in 2009 fell 5.2 percent to 1.13 billion units, from 1.19 billion units in 2008. IDC confirmed, the decrease in sales volume due to the impact of the global financial crisis. In 2009 Nokia still dominates the global mobile phone market with a share of 38.3 percent.


10. February 2010
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