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Reuters Thursday, February 26, 2004
Nokia chief predicts 4 billion users by 2015

CANNES Four billion people, or half the world's population, will be using mobile phones by 2015, up from the 1.3 billion who have them now, a top industry executive predicted Wednesday.
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By 2008, the world will already have two billion mobile users, said Jorma Ollila, chairman and chief executive of Nokia, the Finnish company that makes about two out of every five name-brand cellphones sold worldwide.
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Most of the growth in the mobile phone industry will come from basic voice communications in emerging markets, especially China, India, Indonesia, Brazil and Russia, Ollila said here in a keynote speech to the 3GSM World Congress, an annual industry event.
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China outpaced the United States as the world's largest market for mobile phones almost two years ago.
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Ollila said that, in developed countries where the proportion of the population using mobile phones is already high, wireless communications would overtake fixed-line communications in terms of the volume of voice call traffic.
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This has already happened in Italy, the Czech Republic and Portugal, Ollila said.
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Sony Ericsson holds prices
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Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, the joint venture between Sony and Ericsson, said demand from customers so far this quarter was helping it keep prices for cellphones steady compared with the final three months of 2003, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday from Cannes.
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"We've started 2004 with a very good business momentum," said Katsumi Ihara, president of the venture. "Orders from our customers are quite strong."
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Sony Ericsson, which posted a combined loss of E879 million, or $1.1 billion, in the first 21 months of its existence, has recorded profit in two consecutive quarters as consumers opt for phones with cameras and color screens. The company recently introduced the P900, which doubles as a hand-held computer, as well as cheaper models.
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Plans are set to introduce the Z1010 phone for third-generation networks this quarter and another 3G phone model later this year, Ihara said.
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Sony Ericsson shipped eight million phones in the fourth quarter, up 13 percent from a year earlier. The average price of a phone rose to E179.60 from E173.90, indicating that advanced phones such as the T610 accounted for a larger proportion of sales.

< < Back to Start of Article Nokia chief predicts 4 billion users by 2015

CANNES Four billion people, or half the world's population, will be using mobile phones by 2015, up from the 1.3 billion who have them now, a top industry executive predicted Wednesday.
.
By 2008, the world will already have two billion mobile users, said Jorma Ollila, chairman and chief executive of Nokia, the Finnish company that makes about two out of every five name-brand cellphones sold worldwide.
.
Most of the growth in the mobile phone industry will come from basic voice communications in emerging markets, especially China, India, Indonesia, Brazil and Russia, Ollila said here in a keynote speech to the 3GSM World Congress, an annual industry event.
.
China outpaced the United States as the world's largest market for mobile phones almost two years ago.
.
Ollila said that, in developed countries where the proportion of the population using mobile phones is already high, wireless communications would overtake fixed-line communications in terms of the volume of voice call traffic.
.
This has already happened in Italy, the Czech Republic and Portugal, Ollila said.
.
Sony Ericsson holds prices
.
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, the joint venture between Sony and Ericsson, said demand from customers so far this quarter was helping it keep prices for cellphones steady compared with the final three months of 2003, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday from Cannes.
.
"We've started 2004 with a very good business momentum," said Katsumi Ihara, president of the venture. "Orders from our customers are quite strong."
.
Sony Ericsson, which posted a combined loss of E879 million, or $1.1 billion, in the first 21 months of its existence, has recorded profit in two consecutive quarters as consumers opt for phones with cameras and color screens. The company recently introduced the P900, which doubles as a hand-held computer, as well as cheaper models.
.
Plans are set to introduce the Z1010 phone for third-generation networks this quarter and another 3G phone model later this year, Ihara said.
.
Sony Ericsson shipped eight million phones in the fourth quarter, up 13 percent from a year earlier. The average price of a phone rose to E179.60 from E173.90, indicating that advanced phones such as the T610 accounted for a larger proportion of sales. Nokia chief predicts 4 billion users by 2015

CANNES Four billion people, or half the world's population, will be using mobile phones by 2015, up from the 1.3 billion who have them now, a top industry executive predicted Wednesday.
.
By 2008, the world will already have two billion mobile users, said Jorma Ollila, chairman and chief executive of Nokia, the Finnish company that makes about two out of every five name-brand cellphones sold worldwide.
.
Most of the growth in the mobile phone industry will come from basic voice communications in emerging markets, especially China, India, Indonesia, Brazil and Russia, Ollila said here in a keynote speech to the 3GSM World Congress, an annual industry event.
.
China outpaced the United States as the world's largest market for mobile phones almost two years ago.
.
Ollila said that, in developed countries where the proportion of the population using mobile phones is already high, wireless communications would overtake fixed-line communications in terms of the volume of voice call traffic.
.
This has already happened in Italy, the Czech Republic and Portugal, Ollila said.
.
Sony Ericsson holds prices
.
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, the joint venture between Sony and Ericsson, said demand from customers so far this quarter was helping it keep prices for cellphones steady compared with the final three months of 2003, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday from Cannes.
.
"We've started 2004 with a very good business momentum," said Katsumi Ihara, president of the venture. "Orders from our customers are quite strong."
.
Sony Ericsson, which posted a combined loss of E879 million, or $1.1 billion, in the first 21 months of its existence, has recorded profit in two consecutive quarters as consumers opt for phones with cameras and color screens. The company recently introduced the P900, which doubles as a hand-held computer, as well as cheaper models.
.
Plans are set to introduce the Z1010 phone for third-generation networks this quarter and another 3G phone model later this year, Ihara said.
.
Sony Ericsson shipped eight million phones in the fourth quarter, up 13 percent from a year earlier. The average price of a phone rose to E179.60 from E173.90, indicating that advanced phones such as the T610 accounted for a larger proportion of sales. Nokia chief predicts 4 billion users by 2015

CANNES Four billion people, or half the world's population, will be using mobile phones by 2015, up from the 1.3 billion who have them now, a top industry executive predicted Wednesday.
.
By 2008, the world will already have two billion mobile users, said Jorma Ollila, chairman and chief executive of Nokia, the Finnish company that makes about two out of every five name-brand cellphones sold worldwide.
.
Most of the growth in the mobile phone industry will come from basic voice communications in emerging markets, especially China, India, Indonesia, Brazil and Russia, Ollila said here in a keynote speech to the 3GSM World Congress, an annual industry event.
.
China outpaced the United States as the world's largest market for mobile phones almost two years ago.
.
Ollila said that, in developed countries where the proportion of the population using mobile phones is already high, wireless communications would overtake fixed-line communications in terms of the volume of voice call traffic.
.
This has already happened in Italy, the Czech Republic and Portugal, Ollila said.
.
Sony Ericsson holds prices
.
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, the joint venture between Sony and Ericsson, said demand from customers so far this quarter was helping it keep prices for cellphones steady compared with the final three months of 2003, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday from Cannes.
.
"We've started 2004 with a very good business momentum," said Katsumi Ihara, president of the venture. "Orders from our customers are quite strong."
.
Sony Ericsson, which posted a combined loss of E879 million, or $1.1 billion, in the first 21 months of its existence, has recorded profit in two consecutive quarters as consumers opt for phones with cameras and color screens. The company recently introduced the P900, which doubles as a hand-held computer, as well as cheaper models.
.
Plans are set to introduce the Z1010 phone for third-generation networks this quarter and another 3G phone model later this year, Ihara said.
.
Sony Ericsson shipped eight million phones in the fourth quarter, up 13 percent from a year earlier. The average price of a phone rose to E179.60 from E173.90, indicating that advanced phones such as the T610 accounted for a larger proportion of sales.

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