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- 20 Jun 2017
Africa's Mobile Phone Market Declines in Q1 2017 - IDC
The overall mobile market in Africa was up 8.4%, primarily due to feature phone shipments. Overall mobile phone shipments for the first quarter of the year in Africa totalled 54.5 million units, down…
- 14 Jun 2017
IDC Blames Macroeconomic Conditions for Downturn in Africa's Mobile Phone Market
Africa's mobile phone market started 2017 off with a drastic quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) decline according to the latest figures announced today by International Data Corporation (IDC). The global…
- 27 Nov 2018
Mobile Phone Shipments in Africa Flatline
Africa's mobile phone market declined 2.1% quarter on quarter (QoQ) in Q3 2018 according to the latest figures announced today by International Data Corporation (IDC). The global technology research…
- 26 Dec 2017
How Will VAT Impact the GCC Mobile Phone Market?
With VAT of 5% becoming effective across the UAE and Saudi Arabia on January 1st, and the rest of the GCC following suit later in 2018, questions are being asked about what this means for the…
- 23 Oct 2013
Smartphones Account for 18.0% African Mobile Phone Market Volume
Smartphone shipments to Africa were up 21.5% year on year for Q2 2013, as Nokia has continued to dominate the feature phone market. According to International Data Corporation most recent…
- 2 Dec 2014
New Twists in Worldwide Smartphone Growth, Prices & Markets Maturity- IDC
‎According to a new mobile phone forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, worldwide smartphone shipments will reach a total of nearly 1.3…
- 30 Aug 2021
Africa's Mobile Phone Market Recovery Continues Through Second Quarter
Smartphone shipments into Africa grew 13.2% year on year in Q2 2021 to total 22.8 million devices, according to the latest insights from International Data Corporation (IDC). The firm's Worldwide…
- 7 Dec 2020
Nigeria's Mobile Phone Market Bounces Back to Post Healthy Growth
Smartphone shipments into Nigeria increased 13.7% quarter on quarter (QoQ) in Q3 2020 to almost 3 million units, according to the latest figures from global technology and consulting services firm…
- 9 Mar 2021
Africa's Mobile Phone Market Performs Well in Q4 2020, with Recovery on the Cards for H2 2021
Africa's overall mobile phone market grew 4.6% quarter on quarter (QoQ) in Q4 2020, according to the latest figures announced by International Data Corporation (IDC). The global technology research…
- 22 Nov 2020
COVID-19: Mobile Phone Industry to Lose $51Bn in Revenue
The coronavirus outbreak caused the worst smartphone market contraction in history, as global demand plummeted in the first and second quarter of the year. Although the last few months witnessed a…
- 15 Jun 2020
Nigeria Mobile Phone Market Declines as Uncertainty Grows Amid COVID-19
Nigeria's feature phone market suffered a 12.5% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) decline in shipments in Q1 2020, according to the latest figures from global technology and consulting services firm…
- 11 Jun 2018
Africa's Mobile Market Decline for Second Successive Quarter says IDC
Africa's overall mobile phone market remained flat in Q1 2018 although smartphone shipments declined for the second successive quarter, according to the latest insights from International Data…
- 28 Feb 2014
Worldwide Smartphone Growth to Slow to Single Digits by 2017
A new mobile phone forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, worldwide smartphone shipments will slow to 8.3% annual growth in 2017 and 6.2% in…
- 24 Feb 2014
Smartphone Prices On Downward Trend, Emerging Markets Come Into Growth Spotlight
Emerging markets have become the center of attention when talking about present and future smartphone growth. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone…
- 2 Mar 2014
Android Dominating OS Space With Strong Emerging Markets Presence
A new mobile phone forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, has revealed that Android will maintain its reign as the leading operating system.…
- 27 Feb 2018
Smartphones Shipment Volumes Decline by 0.5% in 2017, but Growth Expected to Return in 2018 - IDC
International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker report, shows that, worldwide Smartphone shipments declined by 0.5% in 2017, the first year-over-year decline the market…
- 8 Jun 2021
Africa's Smartphone Market Posts Strong Recovery in Q1 2021
Newly released data from IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker shows that Africa's overall mobile phone market enjoyed year-on-year (YoY) growth of 14.0% in Q1 2021 to total 53.3 million…
- 9 Dec 2022
Africa's Smartphone Market Suffers Sharp Fall in Q3 2022
Newly released data from IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker shows that Africa's overall mobile phone market suffered a year-on-year (YoY) decline of 19.9% in Q3 2022 to total 42.2 million…
- 24 Aug 2009
IDC Reports Future Rapid Growth in Mobile Banking
A report from IDC Financial Insights states that banks need to prepare themselves today for the imminent wave of mobile adoption to avoid being left behind by competitors. The study,…
- 24 Jul 2015
Samsung Leads Top 5 Global Smartphone Vendors, Market Hits 337.2m in 2Q15- IDC
According to the latest preliminary release from the International Data Corporation (IDC)Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped a total of 337.2 million smartphones worldwide in…
- 26 Jan 2013
500m Smartphones Sold in 2012
The worldwide mobile phone market grew 1.9% year over year in the fourth quarter of 2012 (4Q12), as strong holiday smartphone sales raised shipments of these devices to levels nearly equal to those…
- 2 May 2016
Smartphone Market Face Challenges Despite 5 Chinese Vendors Top Table
According to the latest preliminary release from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped a total of 334.9 million smartphones worldwide in…
- 28 Oct 2015
Samsung Regains Global Smartphone Shipments Top Rank in 3Q2015
Samsung once again remained the overall leader in the worldwide smartphone market with 84.5 million units shipped, up 6.1% from last year, as smartphone shipments reach second highest level for a…
- 13 Nov 2015
Smartphone 3Q15’s 355.2m Shipments is 2nd Highest Level in S/Quarter
According to the latest preliminary results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped a total of 355.2 million smartphones worldwide in…
- 2 Nov 2018
Samsung, Huawei Lead Smartphone Shipments Decline for the Fourth Consecutive Quarter
The preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker shows that smartphone vendors shipped a total of 355.2 million units during the third…
- 2 Mar 2017
Smartphone Volumes Expected to Rebound in 2017 with 3.8% Growth Rate
Coming off the smartphone market's lowest year-over-year growth of 2.5% in 2016, a new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker shows worldwide…
- 29 Nov 2017
Phablets Shipments Expected to Hit 1 Billion Units by 2021
International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, has predicted that overall smartphone shipments will steadily grow from 1.5 billion units in 2017 to 1.7 billion units…
- 2 May 2018
Samsung, iPhone & Huawei lead Worldwide Smartphone Shipment Market
International Data Corporation (IDC’s) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker shows that smartphone vendors shipped a total of 334.3 million units during the first quarter of 2018 (1Q18), resulting…
- 1 Aug 2018
Huawei Overtakes Apple for the Second Position on Global Smartphone Market
International Data Corporation (IDC) preliminary data for Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, shows that smartphone vendors shipped a total of 342.0 million units during the second quarter of 2018…
- 7 Sept 2013
Android Dominates Smartphone Operating Systems
Android remains the dominant smartphone operating system, a status analysts believe will not change even though its share will decline somewhat as the market matures and competition solidifies. The…