STRATEGY ANALYTICS: Cellular Handset Backlighting and Keypad LED Revenues Will Tumble by 41 Percent; Camera Phone Growth Opportunities Offer LED Industry Rescue.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-6 December 2005-Strategy Analytics, Inc.: STRATEGY ANALYTICS: Cellular Handset Backlighting and Keypad LED Revenues Will Tumble by 41 Percent; Camera Phone Growth Opportunities Offer LED Industry Rescue(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:07122005 Boston, MA - Strategy Analytics' latest study on the LED market, "Camera Phones are Bright Spot in Handset Market for LEDs," warns that companies focused on supplying LEDs for LCD and keypad backlighting functions will see their revenues fall 41 percent by 2009.

The introduction of brighter LEDs and more efficient backlighting schemes will cause a net reduction in the average number of LEDs used in both the LCD and keypad backlighting segments of the market. Coupled with the decline in average...