Thursday, May 31, 2007

Cell phone market to grow 16 pct in 2007 - Gartner

(Reuters) - Continuing strong demand for new cell phones in Asia and Africa is set to lift 2007 global handset sales to 1.15 billion phones, a 16 percent rise from last year, researchers at Gartner said on Thursday.

That compares with an average market growth forecast of below 10 percent in a Reuters poll of analysts late last month after major handset makers reported January-March earnings.


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