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www.researchandmarkets.com - Research and Markets (www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c93615) has announced the addition of new IE Market Research report 2Q.08 Global Handset Forecast to their offering.

Global Handset Forecast provides historical (2003 - 2007) and forecasted (2008 - 2009) information on handset revenues, market share, unit shipments, Average Selling Prices (ASPs), and operating margins at the

Top-5 vendors. Notable highlights of the 2Q08 Global Handset Forecast include:

- Unit shipments globally are expected to rise from 1.14 billion in 2007 to 1.41 billion in 2009. The biggest story as far as unit shipments are concerned is that, we think that Motorola will recover only slightly from the disastrous 2007 to reach 200 million units in 2009. This is still below Motorola's 2006 shipment figures.

- We expect biggest shipment increases to happen at Asian vendors. We are expecting Samsung to show a 34.7% increase over the 2008 - 2009 period while LG is forecasted to show a 38.8% increase in unit shipments over the forecasted period. Both LG and Samsung are increasingly leveraging existing electronics channels to sell through their mobile handsets in emerging markets.

- By historical standards, ASPs at the Top-5 Vendors will be declining at a fairly modest pace. Compared to the approximately -10% declines in ASPs experienced in 2004, we think that overall pricing trends among the Top-5 are firming up due to the higher preponderance of 3G and converged devices.

- NOKIA's Channels and product offering will continue to drive profits and margins despite lower ASPs compared to other Top-5 vendors. Nokia has a higher operating profit than all of the other Top-5 vendors put together. We expect operating profits at Nokia to increase by 19.1% over the next two years as recent changes announced take effect. We expect Nokia to increase its operating profits from the current $10.6 billion to $12.6 billion in 2009

Handset Forecasts are based on our proprietary, vendor-specific forecasting models. These models deploy multiple regression analysis and cross-impact matrices that estimate relationships between subscriber data, technology use and deployment data, overall economic and demographic changes expected in a particular region; and relate these to company operational and financial metrics. Clients will receive and Excel Sheet together with an Executive Summary (in PDF). -0- Companies Covered in this Handset Forecast - LG - Motorola - Nokia - Samsung - Sony-Ericsson Content Outline: Executive Summary 1.4 billion units forecasted to be shipped in 2009 +23.8% growth in global unit shipments Shipment growth supported by modest declines in ASPs Market share scenario: Nokia, Samsung, LG are winners Nokia will continue to occupy the sweet spot when it comes to operating profits / margins List of Charts: Charts 1-14 Results & Forecasts for: CY03 - CY09E Chart 1: TOP 5 VENDOR HANDSET REVENUE (US$M) Chart 2: TOP 5 VENDOR REVENUE YOY CHANGE (C/C) Chart 3: TOP 5 VENDOR MARKET SHARES BY REVENUE Chart 4: TOP 5 VENDOR REVENUE QOQ/YOY CHANGE (US$) Chart 5: TOP 5 VENDOR HANDSET SHIPMENTS (millions) Chart 6: TOP 5 VENDOR HANDSET SHIPMENTS YOY CHANGE Chart 7: TOP 5 VENDOR MARKET SHARES BY SHIPMENTS Chart 8: TOP 5 VENDOR HANDSET AVERAGE SELLING PRICE (US$) Chart 9: TOP 5 VENDOR HANDSET AVERAGE SELLING PRICE (EUR) Chart 10: TOP 5 VENDOR HANDSET AVERAGE SELLING PRICE % CHANGE (YOY) Chart 11: TOP 5 VENDOR HANDSET APS INDEX Chart 12: TOP 5 VENDOR OPERATING PROFIT (US$M) Chart 13: TOP 5 VENDOR OPERATING MARGIN (US$M) Chart 14: TOP 5 VENDOR MARKET SHARES BY PROFIT Charts 15-31 Quarterly Results for: 4Q06 - 4Q09E Chart 15: TOP 5 VENDOR HANDSET REVENUE (US$M) Chart 16: TOP 5 VENDOR HANDSET REVENUE QOQ CHANGE Chart 17: TOP 5 VENDOR HANDSET REVENUE YOY CHANGE Chart 18: TOP 5 VENDOR MARKET SHARES BY REVENUE Chart 19: TOP 5 VENDOR HANDSET REVENUE QOQ/YOY CHANGE (US$) Chart 20: TOP 5 VENDOR HANDSET SHIPMENTS (millions) Chart 21: TOP 5 VENDOR HANDSET SHIPMENTS QOQ CHANGE Chart 22: TOP 5 VENDOR HANDSET SHIPMENTS YOY CHANGE Chart 23: TOP 5 VENDOR MARKET SHARES BY SHIPMENTS Chart 24: TOP 5 VENDOR HANDSET AVERAGE SELLING PRICE (US$) Chart 25: TOP 5 VENDOR HANDSET AVERAGE SELLING PRICE (EUR) Chart 26: TOP 5 VENDOR HANDSET AVERAGE SELLING PRICE QOQ % CHANGE Chart 27: TOP 5 VENDOR HANDSET AVERAGE SELLING PRICE YOY % CHANGE Chart 28: TOP 5 VENDOR HANDSET ASP INDEX Chart 29: TOP 5 VENDOR HANDSET OPERATING PROFIT (US$M) Chart 30: TOP 5 VENDOR HANDSET OPERATING MARGIN (US$M) Chart 31: TOP 5 VENDOR MARKET SHARE BY PROFIT

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