Market researches - 22/04/06

A few set of market information released this week:

• According to Telecom Trends International, the worldwide handset market revenues reached $117bn in 2005, of which over 60% captured by Nokia, Motorola and Samsung. The research report predicted that mobile handset revenue will peak to $130bn in 2008, and will then begin to decline, reaching $125bn in 2012.

• Research and Markets forecasts that the worldwide optical component market would be $2.9bn this year and should grow to $7.6bn by 2012.

• IDC found 227m mobile phone units were shipped in 1Q; Strategy Analytics found 229m units;

• PC shipment rose 13% worldwide in 1Q06; Dell remains market leader with 18% market share.

• According to iSupply, the Digital Rights Management (DRM) and Conditional Access (CA) market would expand to $4.7bn by 2010, from $1.5bn in 2005.

• Indian carriers should commit placing orders for 150m to 180m additional mobile lines, for a total value of $15bn over the next 12 months.