Samsung and LG announce latest mobile handset sales figures
More figures are in from the big mobile phone manufacturers. Following on from Nokia and Motorola’s reporting earlier this month, Samsung and LG have announced their latest figures. Samsung Electronics, the world’s third-largest mobile phone manufacturer, held its second-place spot in North America for its sales of cellular phones in the third quarter of 2005. U.S.-based telecommunications giant Motorola ranked number one in sales commanding 36-percent of the North American market.
Samsung reportedly sold 6.7 million handsets accounting for more than 17-percent of the mobile phone market in North America which consists of Canada, the U.S., and Mexico. Korea’s LG Electronics claimed third place, and Finland’s Nokia ranked the fourth-best seller of mobile sets.
LG Electronics sold the most third-generation code division multiple access (CDMA) cell phones in the world in the third quarter. Market researcher Strategic Analytics in a report Monday said LG sold 8.8 million CDMA cell phones and captured a 23.8 percent global market share in the third quarter.
Korea and North America are the big markets for CDMA phones. Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics have been competing for the top spot in the global market in recent years, with Samsung coming first in the first two quarters followed by LG, Motorola and Nokia.
[Source: Chosun.com]
