From
ShanghaiDaily:
"China's
mobile phone sales grew by 3.88 percent in the third quarter but the
market share of Chinese brands dropped below 30 percent for the first
time, research companies said yesterday."
"The market share of
local brands fell to 29.2 percent by September, from 38 percent in
December last year and 55 percent in 2003, said Beijing-based CCID
Consulting, a research firm under the Ministry of Information Industry.
Nokia and
Motorola
held more than 55.6 percent of the market. In the third quarter,
Nokia's market share was 33 percent, followed by Motorola's 22 percent
and
Samsung's 8 percent, according to Sandy Shen, a Gartner's analyst.
Top Chinese handset makers are
Ningbo Bird and
Lenovo, each with 5 percent of the market, said Shen."