Mobile Phone Market Will Shrink In 2009

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	Mobile Phone Market Will Shrink In 2009

David M Ewalt

12-16-2008 12:58 PM

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David M Ewalt says:

The handset market has only had one down year (2001) since its birth in the 1980s, so a contraction of up to 13% is huge.

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