1.2 Billion Mobile Phones Sold Worldwide In 2009
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Market research firm Gartner has reported that the global mobile phone sales in last year reached around 1.21 billion units, showing a marginal decline of 0.9 percent compared to the sales figures in the year 2008. The year, however, ended on a positive note, as sales of handsets worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2009 picked up considerably, with a thumping 340 million units sold during the period, a year-over-year increase of 8.3 percent. As forecasted by the analyst,...
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