Foreign brands continue to dominate the Chinese mobile phone
market with a market share of more than 70 percent in the first
half of 2007, according to the latest report by CCID
Consulting.
The report said that in the first half of this year China
produced 248 million mobile phones. Foreign brands occupied the
first four places, with Nokia enjoying a market share of 30.9
percent, followed by Motorola, Samsung and Sony Ericsson with 22.5
percent, 9.6 percent and 7.7 percent respectively.
The ZTE, Huawei and Bird are the top three domestic brands, with
market shares of 4.8 percent, 3.2 percent and 2.3 percent
respectively, the report said.
CCID predicted that China's output of mobile phones will exceed
500 million this year and that the development of 3G, double module
and customized mobile phones will offer great opportunities to
mobile phone manufacturers.
China's mobile communications market has been growing rapidly in
recent years. The latest statistics show that the number of
subscribers to mobile communications had hit 480 million by the end
of the first quarter, and is expected to exceed 500 million by the
end of the year.
(Xinhua News Agency September 5, 2007)
