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Stories about: market decline

Mobile Phone Market Shrunk 12.6% Year-On-Year in Q4 2008 According to a recent IDC report, the global mobile phone market has seen an unexpected drop during the fourth quarter of last year. IDC's Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker states that a total of 289.0 million units were shipped in Q4 2008, which is 12.6 percent lower than the fourth quarter of 2007, with 330.8 mil... 5 February 2009 03:37 GMT Some PC Makers Expected to Disappear the Next Few Years The ongoing economic downturn is expected to have a great impact on the IT industry players, resulting in a consolidation of the industry as some of the smaller players will have to fold up. The collapse of small PC makers will be seen throughout the next few years, which will conduct the rest of the industry to rest... 5 December 2008 05:23 GMT