2005 mobile phone shipments smash record

World+dog bought 244.9m mobile phones during the final three months of 2005, market watcher Strategy Analytics (SA) said today, adding that the figure is a record one. For the year as a whole, some 810.5m handsets shipped, up 19.1 per cent on 2004’s total, 680.5m.

Link: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/26/mobile_phone_sales_2005/

Interesting to see Nokia has retained its position as number one.