BIZCHINA> Top Biz News
|
China mobile phone shipments drop in Q4
By Wang Xing (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2009-03-18 15:32
Mobile phone shipments in China declined 1.8 percent in the fourth quarter of last year, according to a report from Beijing-based research house Analysys International.
Shipments of GSM handsets plunged 4.3 percent quarter-by-quarter to 322 million, as consumers postponed their purchasing plans on the eve of the country's 3G era. CDMA handset shipments surged 49.3 percent to 2.15 million in the quarter. The robust growth was boosted by China Telecom’s push of its mobile service. China Telecom said earlier that it would purchase 50 million CDMA handsets this year, including 20 million 3G mobile phones. (For more biz stories, please visit Industries)
|