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Wednesday, 09/28/2005 10:08:59 AM

Wednesday, September 28, 2005 10:08:59 AM

IEK: Global WCDMA handset shipments to reach 53.2 million units in 2005

http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20050928AA058.html

Global shipments of 3G-enabled WCDMA handsets are expected to reach 53.2 million units in 2005 and expand to 100 million in 2006, up from the 17.9 million shipped in 2004, according to projections by Taiwan's Industrial Economics and Knowledge Center (IEK) of the government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI).

A total of 186 WCDMA handsets have been launched by 26 vendors worldwide by the first half of this year, with NEC topping all vendors in unit sales with a 20% share of the global WCDMA market, followed by Nokia (14%), Motorola (13%), LG Electronics (13%) and Panasonic Mobile Communications (10%), IEK stated.

In addition, global subscribers of WCDMA services totaled 28.3 million by the end of June, with NTT DoCoMo, Hutchison and Vodafone taking up a combined share of 93.3% , IEK noted, adding that NTT DoCoMo has over 14 million subscribers in the Japan market alone, while Hutchison has over 10 million subscribers worldwide.