Cellphones ring up gains.FRAMINGHAM Framingham (frā`mĭnghăm'), town (1990 pop. 64,994), Middlesex co., E Mass., on the Sudbury River between Worcester and Boston; settled 1650, inc. 1700. , MA -- Worldwide shipments of cellphones rose 19.1% year-on-year to 203.8 million units, led by Nokia Nokia (nō`kēä), town (1996 pop. 26,326), Western Finland prov., SW Finland, on Lake Näsijärvi. It is an industrial community where wood and rubber products are manufactured. and Motorola (Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL, www.motorola.com) A leading manufacturer of semiconductor devices, electronics, telecommunications and satellite systems. Founded in Chicago in 1928 by Paul V. , research firm IDC (www.idc.com) said. New products, portfolio refreshes and new form factors contributed to growth. The top five vendors reported all-time-high shipment levels. Nokia remains the largest vendor, with 32% share. Nokia shipped 66.6 million units worldwide during the quarter. Motorola was second, with an 18.6% share and 38.7 million units shipped. Samsung was third, at 12.9% (26.8 million units), LG Electronics was fourth (15.5 million units) and Sony Ericsson For an arrangement of Sony Ericsson products, see list of Sony Ericsson products Sony Ericsson is a joint venture established in 2001 by the Japanese consumer electronics company Sony Corporation and the Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson to make mobile phones. fifth (13.8 million units). Globally, more than 800 million units are expected to be shipped this year, up from earlier estimates of around 775 million handsets. About 680 million units were sold in 2004. |
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