Gartner: Mobile Phone Sales rose 12%

Worldwide sales of mobile phones rose 12% in the second quarter, research group Gartner said Wednesday.

Sales of handsets in the mature markets of Western Europe and North America slightly recovered after a difficult start. Western Europe reached 42 million units and North America surpassed 44 million units. Still, Carolina Milanesi, research director for mobile devices at Gartner said that the economic environment continued to hurt mobile phone sales in both mature and emerging markets. Among the mobile-phone makers Nokia Corp. remained top dog with a market share of 39.5% in the quarter. Samsung came in second place with 15.2%, followed by Motorola, Inc. , with 10% and LG with 8.8%.

Source: http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/industries/telecom/mobile-phone-sales-rose–second-quarter-gartner/

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