China expects to make more than half a billion handsets this year
By Dusan Belic on Saturday, June 2nd, 2007 at 7:06 AM PST In Research
More numbers from China. Last time we’ve talked about mobile phone users in the world’s fastest growing economy. Today we’re presenting you with the production numbers.
According to information released by China’s Ministry of Information Industry, mobile phone production in the country is expected to grow nearly 17%, to reach 560 million units in 2007. Last year China handsets manufacturers produced 480 million units, accounting for a 47% share of global production.
Most of the handsets are made in Tianjin, Beijing and Shenzhen, where the largest manufacturing facilities are located — each capable of producing over 100 million phone per year. The report also stated the production of network infrastructure jumped by over 16% in the quarter. (via: cellular-news)
