Nokia’s market share rises to 74%

Posted on | May 3, 2005 |

According to ORG GFK estimates, during the last six months Nokia’s market share in terms of units sold has grown to 74% in March ‘05 from 61.5% in October ‘04. During the same period, Nokia has increased its market share to 55% from 33.7% in the colour segment too.

Once Nokia’s closest rival, Samsung has suffered the most. Its market share in terms of units has fallen from 17.2%, to 7.8%. Here are some numbers according to estimates of units sold in the top ten towns:

Nokia = 74%
Samsung = 7.8%
Sony Ericsson = 7.6%
Motorola = 4.5%
LG = 3.6%
BenQ = 1.1%
Panasonic, Bird, Siemens, Philips, Alcatel < 1%

These figures are corroborated in a way by Ron Garriques, EVP of Motorola’s personal communications sector.

“The high-growth markets are India, Pakistan, the Middle East, Africa, Turkey and all of South Asia,” he said. “These markets are dominated by Nokia, with over 60% market share. Nobody else has more than 10%.”

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