Nokia, Motorola riding high

Looks like Macromedia have been doing deals with the right people. I'm not sure where Motorola are with licensing the Flash Lite player, but Nokia are in the bag and it's just as well.

NOKIA and Motorola manufactured about half of all mobile phones sold worldwide during the second quarter of 2005, new research has found.

From April to June, 190.5 million handsets were sold globally, a 21.6 per cent increase compared to the same period of 2004, statistics published by research group Gartner say. Both companies increased their market share, with leader Nokia accounting for 31.9 per cent of all sales and Motorola in second place with 17.9 per cent.

Sales of Nokia were boosted by demand in the Americas, where the Finnish company reclaimed the number one spot.

US-based Motorola has made significant inroads in the western European market and is now the second biggest manufacturer of phones, a leap from fifth place a year ago, Gartner said.

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