Samsung 'pushes to second place'

By Editorial Team (Wednesday, 28th November 2007)

South Korean manufacturer Samsung is now the world's second largest mobile phone manufacturer, it has emerged.

According to recently published data by Gartner, Samsung has become the world's second largest manufacturer of mobile phones, pushing ahead of Motorola but still leaving Nokia in first place.

LG and Sony Ericsson hold fifth and fourth places respectively.

"Motorola today is a pale version of the company it was a year ago," said Carolina Milanesi, research director for mobile devices research at Gartner.

"The third quarter saw Samsung gain the number two position taking advantage of Motorola's continued weak performance," she added.

Gartner also found that, worldwide, sales of mobile phone handsets have increased by 15 per cent over the last 12 months to 289 million units.

The research firm's data covers mobile phone sales during the third quarter of the year.

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