Global Handset Sales Forecast by 88 Countries & 17 Technologies: 2002 to 2017

Strategy Analytics predicts legitimate mobile phone sales to grow +3% worldwide in 2014. Several billion 3G and 4G handsets will be sold globally during the next five years, particularly in major countries such as China, USA and Brazil. LTE will be the most important growth category and global 4G volumes will triple this year. TD-SCDMA will be the second largest segment in China during 2013, offering growth opportunities for Asian suppliers like Coolpad and Lenovo. Meanwhile, Asia will be the last remaining region for CDMA growth this year. This report forecasts handset sales for 6 regions and 88 countries worldwide, from 2002 to 2017. The datamodel provides forecasts for 17 separate 2G, 3G and 4G technologies, including GSM, EDGE, CDMA, TD-SCDMA, WCDMA, HSDPA, HSUPA and LTE. The report contains pivot tables and flat files for enhanced data manipulation.