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To: Fred Levine who wrote (2820)	9/2/2002 3:26:41 PM
From: Fred Levine	Respond to of 25522

By Anthony Clark EE Times UK (09/02/02 04:38 a.m. EST) Worldwide shipments of mobile phones beat expectations for the second quarter of this year, according to Strategy Analytics. Q2 handset shipments were 96.7 million units, up 6% from 91 million units shipped in Q1 of 2002 and an 11% jump from 86 million in the same period last year. The market analyst is forecasting 417 million handsets to be delivered this year. Analyst Chris Ambrosio said: "The Q2 shipments were slightly higher than we expected them to be. We had estimated that they would be at approximately 90 million units. But Q1 was slightly lower than we expected, so the two balanced out." And there are other positive signs. "Subscriber growth has not been robust, but replacement rates have stabilised in Q2," he said. "This is a positive sign for Q3 2002, and if that trend continues, we could see a positive holiday season." fred