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Mobile handset market in MEA grows by 26 percent

Africa & Middle East Telecom,  September, 2004  by Anonymous

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The mobile handset market in the Middle East and Africa grew by almost 26 percent last year, with shipments surpassing 40 million units across the region. According to a new IDC study, sales were highest in the Middle East, reflecting the region's more advanced level of economic development compared to most of Africa.

Handset sales will rise strongly, reaching close to 50 million this year and expanding consistently through 2008 as shipments in many underdeveloped markets surge.

As the largest single market in the Middle East and Africa, Turkey accounted for about one-fifth of all handset ...

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