IDC published the market shares for major mobile phone vendors in Western Europe. Nokia, Motorola and Samsung led the market in Western Europe in Q1 2006.
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Western European mobile phone shipments in Q1 2006 |
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| Q1 2006 | Q1 2005 | Growth | |||
| Vendor | Shipments, mln. |
Share | Shipments, mln. |
Share | YTY |
| Nokia | 13.8 | 34% | 11.8 | 32% | 17% |
| Motorola | 7.3 | 18% | 5.0 | 14% | 44% |
| Samsung | 7.1 | 17% | 6.0 | 16% | 19% |
| Sony Ericsson | 3.7 | 9% | 3.0 | 8% | 24% |
| BenQ Siemens | 2.4 | 6% | 2.9 | 8% | -16% |
| Others | 6.3 | 16% | 8.1 | 22% | -22% |
| Total | 40.7 | 100% | 36.8 | 100% | 11% |
| Source: IDC | |||||