06-09-2004, 01:00 PM
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Nokia's Handset Market Share Slides
"Nokia's share of the global cellphone market fell sharply in the first quarter of 2004, hurt by a lack of new models and a rocky relationship with mobile phone service providers, a survey found on Tuesday. Though the industry leader shipped more phones than in the first three months of 2003, its market share slid to 28.9 percent from 34.6 percent, market research group Gartner found, as Nokia lost ground to all of its top six rivals. Gartner also noted that the overall handset market was growing strongly, with shipments rising 34 percent to 153 million units in the first quarter as consumers in emerging markets embraced mobile communications for the first time."
The report goes on to say that Motorola, Samsung, Siemens's , and Sony Ericsson all say a rise in there market share. This doesn't spell success for Microsoft as these numbers are hardware based and not specific to the OS. Motorola's share did rise by roughly 2% but that doesn't mean Windows Mobile-based Smartphones have a greater market share. However, it does show that Nokia can't take it's market share for granted.
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