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Nokia owns 79% of the GSM market share in India

By: , IntoMobile
Tuesday, December 26th, 2006 at 9:17 AM

Finnish handset major Nokia has retained the top slot in Indian GSM market with 79 per cent share, while US giant Motorola has more than doubled its share to seven per cent this year, according to a study.

Motorola has been able to significantly improve its share by to seven per cent this year from three per cent in 2005, according to the latest annual TNS CellTrack 2006 study.

It said the US company’s gain was possibly the loss of South Korean handset maker Samsung, whose market share dropped to four per cent in 2006 from six per cent a year ago.

In the CDMA market, LG has consolidated its position as the market leader with 49 per cent market share this year against 43 per cent in 2005, the study said.

While Nokia managed to retain its share in CDMA handsets, Samsung and Motorola lost market share from 17 per cent to 8 per cent and 12 per cent to 4 per cent respectively.

Source: The Hindu

Why are CDMA and GSM both in the same place at the same time? Hasn’t the world learned of America’s horrible situation. Putting that aside now, 79% is grade A fantastic news. What a way to ring in the holiday!

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Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.