Global mobile handset sales up 35% in second quarter
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Worldwide mobile phone sales surpassed 156.4m units in the second quarter of 2004, a 35 per cent increase on the second quarter of 2003, according to market research group Gartner, Inc.
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The global mobile phone market is set to  grow to 2 billion subscribers by the end of 2005, fueled by  strong demand from developing economies in Asia and Latin  America, Deloitte & Touche said on Tuesday.
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The Semiconductor Industry Association said worldwide chip sales rose 2.2 percent in July, largely due to gadget demand.
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NEW YORK, September 30  - Global semiconductor sales increased to $18.2 billion in August this year, representing 34.
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Nokia&#39;s share of the mobile phone market edged back up above 30 percent in the third quarter, as global mobile phone sales jumped to 164.
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All handset vendors combined shipped  285 million cell phones in the July-September quarter, with  strong demand in Asia and Africa lifting sales 12 percent from  a year ago, research firm Strategy Analytics said on Thursday.
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CHEJU, South Korea  - Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.   005930.KS sees global mobile phone sales growing faster than   expected this year, while its own handset sales will just meet   the target, its president for handset business said on   Thursday.
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Motorola Inc.  on Tuesday said quarterly earnings rose 34 percent, beating Wall Street expectations, as it regained global market share in wireless  handsets amid robust sales of a range of function-rich phones.
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Despite a practically saturated Western European market, cell phone sales are still booming worldwide, driven by longtime owners clamoring to update their phones and new buyers wanting to get on the phone-owning ladder, according to a new report.
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Motorola Inc. MOT.N, the  second-largest mobile phone maker, said on Tuesday it expects  to sustain strong sales growth in the second half of 2004 on  new handsets, sparking its stock to rise as much as 7 percent.
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In the three months to September, Nokia gained market share for a second consecutive quarter, helped by price cuts and new handsets.
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Emerging markets spark growth The total number of mobile connections in the world reached 2.5bn on Thursday, having passed the two billion mark just 12 months ago.â¦
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Motorola Inc. , the world's No. 2 maker of cell phones, on Tuesday said its quarterly profit rose sharply, helped by improving sales of a host of new handset models.
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Sony Ericsson, the world's fourth biggest mobile phone maker, posted higher second-quarter profit on Wednesday as sales rose on increased demand for its phones.
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LG Electronics Inc., South Korea&#39;s second-largest electronics maker, reported third-quarter profit rose 36 percent, better than analysts expected, after selling a record number of mobile phones.
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The mobile phone giant says its next results will now be better than expected, thanks to a boost in handset sales.
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General Motors Corp.  said on  Friday that it sold 2.4 million vehicles globally in the second  quarter, a 8.7 percent increase over the previous quarter.