Market researches- 27/10/05

Publié le 27 octobre 2005 par Arnal

Nokia predicts that Chinese mobile subscribers would total 650m by 2008, up from a current 370m.
In-Stat reports that one on three US wireless subscribers would use a mobile phone as their primary telephone by 2009.
According to Strategy Analytics, mobile phone shipments grew 25% in 3Q05 and could reach 800m in the year. Nokia shipped 66.6m units (market share of 32%); Motorola shipped 38.7m units or 18.5% market share; Samsung shipped 26.8m units or 12.8% market share; LG shipped 15.5 m units or 7.4%; Sony Ericsson shipped 13.8m units or 6.6%; others shipped 47.6m units or 22.8% market share.
iSuppli believes that mobile phone shipments could reach 810m units in 2005, up 13.6% from 713 m in 2004.
According to Canalys, the worldwide smart phone market was soaring in 3Q05. The Top5 suppliers are Nokia (+142%), Palm (+71%), RIM (+58%), Motorola and HP.
IDC predicts that the mobile middleware market could grow with a CAGR of 21% over 2005-2009 to reach $1.4bn in 2009. Mobile middleware consists of a software platform with servers and/or client software.
Qwest/ Impulse Research survey found that U.S.-based companies anticipate saving 40% on telecom costs from implementing VoIP.
Future Image revises camera-phone forecast upward to 500m units in 2005 and 900m by 2009.