Executive Summary
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Table 2: Mobile makers
Top mobile equipment manufacturers ranked by 1998 estimated mobile equipment sales (both terminals and infrastructure)
Rank |
Manufacturer (headquarters) |
Mobile
revenue |
Foreign sales 1998 (2) |
| US$ billion 1998 |
Change (1997-98) |
% of total sales (1) |
% of telecom sales |
| 1 |
Motorola (USA) |
17.9 |
0% |
61% |
61% |
59% |
| 2 |
Nokia (Finland) |
14.7 |
59% |
94% |
94% |
94% |
| 3 |
Ericsson (Sweden) |
14.5 |
5% |
64% |
64% |
95% |
| 4 |
Lucent (USA) (3) |
4.3 |
-6% |
14% |
16% |
26% |
| 5 |
Nortel (Canada) (4) |
3.7 |
8% |
21% |
22% |
36% |
| 6 |
NEC (Japan) (5) |
3.7 |
-3% |
9% |
29% |
5% |
| 7 |
Qualcomm (USA) (3) |
3.3 |
60% |
100% |
100% |
34% |
| 8 |
Matsushita (Japan) (5/6) |
3.1 |
16% |
5% |
17% |
51% |
| 9 |
Siemens (Germany) (3) |
3.0 |
10% |
4% |
18% |
69% |
| 10 |
Alcatel (France) |
2.1 |
-1% |
8% |
10% |
83% |
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Top 10 |
70.3 |
13% |
22% |
38% |
54% |
Note: (1) Mobile equipment revenue as a percent of companies total reported revenue. (2) As a percent of total sales. 3. Financial year ending 30 September. (4) Foreign sales include United States. (5) Financial year ending 31 March 1999. (6) Parent company of Panasonic.
Source: ITU estimates, company reports. |
