Abstract
IEMR' s Western Europe Handset Vendor and Technology Forecast provides
historical and forecasted (2004 - 2011) information on handset shipments by
unit shipments, air interface, generation, and form factor in the Western
Europe market. Vendors with complete coverage include: Nokia, Motorola,
Samsung, LG, and Sony-Ericsson.
Notable highlights of the 2Q08 Western Europe Vendor and Technology Forecast include:
- Unit shipments into Western Europe are expected to rise only modestly from
177 million units in 2008 to 183 million units in 2011.
- In Western Europe, we are not expecting a major shift into converged
mobile device sales. We expect that shipments of converged mobile devices in
this region will increase only modestly from 17.7 million units in 2008 to
27.5 million in 2011.
- 30% of the 183 million units shipped in Western Europe in 2011 are
expected to be 3G handsets.
- Nokia continues to be the leader in this regional handset market. Nokia' s
market share in 2006 was 36.5% compared to 17.2% for Motorola, 16.8% for
Samsung, 12.1% for Sony-Ericsson, and 4.1% for LG.
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