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25th August - Motorola Inc, the world’s second-largest
mobile-phone maker, took market share from larger rival Nokia
Oyj in the second quarter, helped by sales of the Razr, Slvr
and Ming phones, a study showed. Motorola's market share rose
to 21.9%, the highest level in more than five years, from
20.3% in the first quarter, researcher Gartner Inc. said in
an e-mailed release on Thursday. Nokia’s share fell to
33.6% from 34%.
Schaumburg, Illinois-based Motorola, whose unit sales growth
has outpaced that of Nokia for five straight quarters, was
the fastest-growing handset maker in the last three months.
Its 1/3- inch-thick Motofone, shipping next month, will help
Motorola challenge the dominance of Nokia in markets such
as India and China, said Carolina Milanesi, a Gartner analyst,
in a phone interview.
“Motorola gained across the board,” Milanesi said.
“The Razr is coming down in price and broadening its
target market, and the Motofone combines usability and design
at an affordable price.”
Global mobile-phone unit sales rose 18% in the second quarter
to 229 million units from a year earlier, Stamford, Connecticut-based
Gartner said. Sales this year will probably gain 18% to 960
million units from 817 million units sold in 2005, the researcher
reiterated. That will be up from 674 million units in 2004.
In the second quarter, Motorola sold 50.2 million phones,
up 46% from 34.3 million a year earlier, Gartner said. The
Razr and Slvr lured buyers in the U.S. and Europe, while the
Ming camera phone boosted demand in China, Milanesi said.
Unit sales at Nokia rose to 77.1 million in the quarter from
61.2 million a year earlier, Gartner said. Nokia lost market
share and one place in the ranking in North America, dropping
to No. 3 position, Milanesi said.
Motorola is the market leader in North America, followed
by Samsung Electronics Co.
The market share of Suwon, South Korea-based Samsung, the
third-largest handset maker globally, slipped to 11.1% from
12.5% in the first quarter.
“Nokia and Motorola continue to consolidate their market
positions,” Milanesi said. “Samsung needs to focus
on design, they are very good at technology.”
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Ltd, the handset joint
venture of Sony Corp and Ericsson AB, overtook LG Electronics
Inc to claim the No 4 position.
Sony Ericsson’s market share rose to 6.7% from 6.1%
in the first quarter. LG's market share fell to 6.3% from
6.5%.
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