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Specifically, we are talking about the sales surge experienced by ZTE, which has soared up by over 350% in the last 6 months of this year (H1 2009). In real numbers that’s about 7 million units, which apparently leads all the other manufacturers. Just as a comparison ZTE did 10 million units in the whole of 2008.
That’s a fairly incredible growth rate and sales volume I have to say, so Congrats to ZTE. The only question in my mind is who the other big players are and what their numbers look like – because all the broadband modems that I have either had or looked at recently have been Huawei devices!
Anyway, given the (very) recent trend by the mobile operators to start pushing 7.2Mbps-capable cards (as oppose to their 3.6Mbps predecessors), I suppose we can expect that strong growth in sales to continue, as people upgrading their dongles, contribute to the rising numbers.
[Via: 3G.co.uk]
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Ben Robinson
Ben is a 10+ year veteran of the Mobile industry – starting his career when SMS was a still a relatively new concept for most people (!), he has now consulted on everything from bleeding-edge Mobile content, to the next-gen accessories you might view it on. As a result he has a broad and deep knowledge in numerous areas of Mobile – from network operators to device vendors, to infrastructure and middleware vendors (not to mention content delivery) – and has worked for companies in all of these areas! He is based in the UK, a hotbed of activity for mobile, and recently became a father for the second time – as oppose to in his younger years when he was happy spend time tweaking all manner of mobile devices to 'nth' degree, he now looks for services and hardware that provide the most efficient, compact, and reliable improvements to his already manic life! It’s his opinion that Mobile solutions should be there to help to make your life better – if a particular solution (be it service or device) isn’t doing this, he believes you need to ask the very important question of why you continue to use it... His focus at IntoMobile is mainly on Mobile content, services, and infrastructure, particularly as regards the UK market – and with the occasional look at devices. Additionally, using his extensive experience in the industry, he will provide commentary on the industry at large, with regular (and hopefully thought-provoking) articles.
