Worldwide mobile phone sales reached 98.7 million units in the second quarter of 2002, up 0.8% year on year, according to Gartner Dataquest.
“Overall, expectations remain high for a strong fourth quarter selling season worldwide, driven in part by the introduction of numerous new, low-cost terminals from leading manufacturers,” said Bryan Prohm, senior analyst with the Mobile Communications Worldwide research group for Gartner Dataquest. “Therefore, we continue to believe that worldwide mobile terminal sales to end users will reach approximately 420 million units in 2002.”