Shipments of mobile phones in India by 13.8 pc in July-September quarter

The mobile phone shipments in India increased by 13.8 percent to 47 million units in July-September 2011, driven by sales of dual SIM phones, according to research firm IDC.
At a quarter to quarter to year basis, mobile phone sales rose 12 percent. "... Mobile phone sales witnessed an outbreak, as vendors built channel inventory ahead of a long season of festivals. Dual-SIM phone shipments were remarkable, with sequential growth of 25.2 percent the previous quarter, "
International Data Corporation (IDC), Director of Research of India Deepak Kumar said in a statement. Looking ahead, IDC said: "The year 2011 is expected to close in mobile phone sales of about 184.4 million units ... watch 301 million market by 2015, an annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13.03 percent during the period 2011-2015. "

The smartphone segment is expected to see a much higher CAGR of 63.4 percent during the same period to reach 77.5 million shipments in 2015 units, he said.
In the July-September quarter, the smartphone segment saw a growth of 51.5 percent year on year and 21.4 percent quarter over quarter to collect a 6.5 percent share of the market for mobile telephony Overall, according to IDC.
Finnish mobile phone company Nokia was the leader in phones have two categories and smartphone, with a market share of 31.8 percent and 35.3 percent respectively during the period under review.
The Korean company Samsung was ranked second, with 17.5 percent of the feature phone segment and a 26 percent share of the smartphone market.
MAXX were spices and homegrown brand, witnessing a growth of 34.1 percent 10.1 percent, respectively, in total shipments during the quarter July-September vis-a-vis the previous quarter.
From an operating system, Android phones overtook Symbian emerging as the top platform of India for the first time, with a 42.4 percent share of the smartphone market.
The Android smartphone shipments grew by 90 percent between July and September compared with the previous quarter.
Apple iPhones that use the IOS operating system, consolidated its market share further during the quarter, representing 3.09 per of the total smartphone shipments from 2.6 percent in the second quarter of 2011.