Strategy Analytics Predicts Rapid Cellphone Flash-Lite (TM) Integration, from 38 Million Flash Lite-Enabled handsets in 2005 to 216 Million by 2010. Strategy Analytics recently released, "Flash-Enabled Handset Forecast: Flash Lite Ready for Global Penetration," pointing to the triple-digit growth rate in unit sales of Flash LiteTM -enabled phones over the last two years.

Stuart Robinson, Director of the Strategy Analytics Handset Component Technologies service, comments, "Since Macromedia (now Adobe) redesigned its highly-successful PC-based Flash technology for use on cellphones and other portable devices in 2003, demand has taken off. NTT DoCoMo in Japan offered the first Flash Lite-enabled handsets. They are now available on numerous wireless networks in the Far East, with plans to spread worldwide this year."

Stephen Entwistle, Vice President of the Strategy Analytics Strategic Technologies Practice adds, "Over 100 handsets that support Flash Lite are already available or pre-announced. The top seven handset manufacturers and several others have signed up with Adobe to license Flash Lite on their handsets."

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By the close of 2005, total US business spending on telecommunications services reached just over $132 billion, and by 2010 business spending is forecasted to grow to nearly $150 billion, according to the new research study.
Spending by businesses on wireless telecommunications services accounted for nearly one-third of the corporate bill for telecommunication services in 2005, says a new market research report from Insight Research.

Insight’s newly-released market analysis report, Telecom Services in Vertical Markets 2005-2010, reveals that four industries—wholesale trade; financial, insurance, and real estate; professional business services; and communications—accounted for 70 percent of corporate wireline telecommunications expenditures in 2005. The industries spending the most on wireless in 2005 included: healthcare; financial, insurance, and real estate; and transportation. The study analyzes 14 vertical industries categorized by the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system, and focuses on corporate spending for wireline and wireless telecommunications services in each of the 14 industries.

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Nokia reported 40% year on year device volume growth and net sales growth of 29% in the first quarter. Net sales topped EUR 9.5 billion in 1Q 2006, increasing from EUR 7.4 billion in 1Q 2005.

Nokia expects the world wide mobile device market volume to grow 15% or more in 2006, from the estimated 795 million units in 2005. China and increasingly India are leading the growth in global mobile phone market and so for Nokia. China is adding about 5.4 million subscriber a month while India closely following with 5 million subscribers a month. US new additions run arte is about 2 million a month. China has added  67 million new subscribers in 2005 and is currently over the 400 million mark. India has added 37 million new mobile subscribers in the last 12 months, nearing a total mobile subscriber base of 100 millions. US has added 25.7 million subscribers in 2005 to reach a total subscriber base of 208 million.

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