The worldwide mobile phone market took another step towards reaching 1 bln units shipped for the year, with a total of 254.9 mln units shipped in the Q3 2006. According to IDC, worldwide shipments of mobile phones were up 7.9% from Q2 2006 and up an impressive 21.0% from Q3 2005.
| Mobile phone shipments in Q3 2006 | |||||
| Q3 2006 | Q3 2005 | Growth | |||
| Vendor | Shipments, mln. | Share | Shipments, mln. | Share, % | YTY |
| Nokia | 88.5 | 34.7% | 66.6 | 31.6% | 32.9% |
| Motorola | 53.7 | 21.1% | 38.7 | 18.4% | 38.8% |
| Samsung | 30.7 | 12.0% | 26.4 | 12.6% | 16.1% |
| Sony Ericsson | 19.8 | 7.8% | 13.9 | 6.6% | 42.2% |
| LG | 16.5 | 6.5% | 15.5 | 7.4% | 6.3% |
| Others | 45.7 | 17.9% | 49.6 | 23.5% | -7.8% |
| Total | 254.9 | 100.0% | 210.7 | 100.0% | 21.0% |
| Source: IDC | |||||