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CompaniesAndMarkets has some interesting numbers to report about the ever growing Chinese mobile industry. Here’s the recap:
- During the first half of 2009, China exported 237 million mobile phones valued at $16.1 billion, and imported 11.74 million units.
- The total output of mobile phones was 305 million in the same period.
- Among the big winners were BYD, Samsung, ZTE and LG. Samsung’s Huizhou Plant was almost three times more productive this year, when compared to 2008. ZTE also won big time, as it obtained large shares in the new telecoms procurement.
- In contrast, the growth rate of Foxconn, Motorola, Huawei and Compal declined sharply. Huawei tried to sell its handset making unit in H2 2008, but failed to do so. And the remaining manufacturers had little changes.
- Finally, last year the world’s still fastest growing economy exported 533 handsets valued at $38.5 billion!
More information is available from CompaniesAndMarkets’ website.
[Via: CellularNews]
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
