Who are the biggest players on the market?

The big six mobile vendors - Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson and Siemens - increased their share as a group during the year to control 79.4 per cent of the market at the expense of smaller suppliers, according to market analyst firm Gartner Dataquest.

The big six experienced a steady increase in market share during 2005, with their dominance increasing from 78 per cent in Q1 2005 to 84 per cent in Q4 2005. "As competition continues to drive price pressure in the low-end, and a design and technology 'arms race' in the high-end, the survival of the fittest depends more and more on economies of scales, or very carefully cut-out niche markets," Carolina Milanesi, principal analyst for mobile terminals research at Gartner said.

Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/28/gartner_mobile_market_2006/

However nowadays the list looks a bit different. This is the top 10 list of phone manufacturers according to Financial Times issue of 28/02/2008:
Manufacturer Market Share
1. Nokia 40.4%
2. Samsung 13.4%
3. Motorola 11.9%
4. SonyEricsson 9.0%
5. LG 7.1%
6. RIM (Blackberry) 1.2%
7. ZTE 1.2%
8. Sharp 1.0%
9. Kyocera 0.7%
10. Apple (iPhone) 0.6%

Source: http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/apple_makes_it_to_the_top_10_among_biggest_phone_makers.php

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