Dip in Mobile Shipments to Western Europe Causes Concern
With fewer consumers buying, the Continent's big mobile retailers have been keeping inventories low, which has brought the first-ever quarterly decline in cellphone shipments in Western Europe, said Gartner, the research firm.The downturn has not hit the United States, where business over the past few years has grown side by side with that in Europe. Worldwide, Gartner said, it expected shipments to grow 12 percent for the year, to a record 1.8 billion phones.
In Western Europe, International Data Corp. is forecasting the number of cellphones shipped will grow 6 percent in 2011 to almost 207 million units, with smartphone shipments expected to rise 44 percent to more than 103 million. ¡°There is caution around what's been happening, Anurag Gupta, the president in Europe of Brightpoint, a U.S. company that handles mobile phone supply, distribution and logistics for operators like Vodafone and Deutsche Telekom. The euro zone nations are totally consumed with the debt situation. People have been cautious, whether it is the wireless carriers or the retailers, all the way down to the end user.
The market in Europe for cellphones tightened in the second quarter, according to Gartner, with shipments falling 0.5 percent in Western Europe to 43.57 million from 43.77 million in the first quarter. Carolina Milanesi, a Gartner analyst in London, said sellers of mobile phones were using channel management to keep inventories lean and to reduce risk.
The European market is also being weighed down by the restructuring at its longtime market leader, Nokia. In the second quarter, Nokia fell to No. 2 in total shipments in Western Europe, behind Samsung,Once you arrive home with all your small a person the probability linked with you getting up in the center of the night time to assure that your baby is truly sounds asleep are very substantial.infant video monitor are a good gift for new mother and father that will never ever keep on with regards to layout. and to No.This product is a MINI DV product launched to meet the market demand integrated with the advanced functions of dv mini camera, recording and USB flash Memory, with the features of novel and fine appearance. 5 in smartphones, where it had a 10.8 percent share, according to International Data Corp. In Europe,Express your gratitude with thank you gifts and corporate gift ideas from David's. Free thank you gift delivery. Send unique thank you cookies today. at least for a while, the market is likely to remain fluid, tied in part to Nokia as it seeks traction with Microsoft. Ms. Milanesi, the Gartner analyst, said the first Nokia Microsoft phones were likely to be solid devices, but not so different from what is already on the market.
With fewer consumers buying, the Continent's big mobile retailers have been keeping inventories low, which has brought the first-ever quarterly decline in cellphone shipments in Western Europe, said Gartner, the research firm.The downturn has not hit the United States, where business over the past few years has grown side by side with that in Europe. Worldwide, Gartner said, it expected shipments to grow 12 percent for the year, to a record 1.8 billion phones.
In Western Europe, International Data Corp. is forecasting the number of cellphones shipped will grow 6 percent in 2011 to almost 207 million units, with smartphone shipments expected to rise 44 percent to more than 103 million. ¡°There is caution around what's been happening, Anurag Gupta, the president in Europe of Brightpoint, a U.S. company that handles mobile phone supply, distribution and logistics for operators like Vodafone and Deutsche Telekom. The euro zone nations are totally consumed with the debt situation. People have been cautious, whether it is the wireless carriers or the retailers, all the way down to the end user.
The market in Europe for cellphones tightened in the second quarter, according to Gartner, with shipments falling 0.5 percent in Western Europe to 43.57 million from 43.77 million in the first quarter. Carolina Milanesi, a Gartner analyst in London, said sellers of mobile phones were using channel management to keep inventories lean and to reduce risk.
The European market is also being weighed down by the restructuring at its longtime market leader, Nokia. In the second quarter, Nokia fell to No. 2 in total shipments in Western Europe, behind Samsung,Once you arrive home with all your small a person the probability linked with you getting up in the center of the night time to assure that your baby is truly sounds asleep are very substantial.infant video monitor are a good gift for new mother and father that will never ever keep on with regards to layout. and to No.This product is a MINI DV product launched to meet the market demand integrated with the advanced functions of dv mini camera, recording and USB flash Memory, with the features of novel and fine appearance. 5 in smartphones, where it had a 10.8 percent share, according to International Data Corp. In Europe,Express your gratitude with thank you gifts and corporate gift ideas from David's. Free thank you gift delivery. Send unique thank you cookies today. at least for a while, the market is likely to remain fluid, tied in part to Nokia as it seeks traction with Microsoft. Ms. Milanesi, the Gartner analyst, said the first Nokia Microsoft phones were likely to be solid devices, but not so different from what is already on the market.
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