Mobile vendor strategies - 16/03/06

LG has secured the number two spot in US mobile phone market with about 17% market share and selling some 25m units in 2005. CDMA handsets account for 19m units and a 27%+ market share. LG targets an 80% jump in mobile phone sales to 6.3m units in Brazil in 2006.

Microsoft will help Telstra in a DVB-H demonstration, as part of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games.

Motorola has begun selling again its Razr mobile phone, while the handset is re-appearing in some Cingular and T-Mobile stores.

Pantech plans to open a mobile handset factory in Brazil.

Samsung unveils the first 10-megapixel camera phone in the market.

Kyocera targets 50% increase in mobile phone revenues in Brazil in 2006.

Nokia has achieved the milestone of 1m handsets manufactured in its new plant in Chennai, India, since production began on Jan 2.

Nokia launched in the US the Nokia Flexi Base Station, a multi-radio platform, featuring WCDMA, HSDPA, WiMAX in multiple spectrum bands.