China market: Over 37 million GSM, CDMA handsets sold in 3Q07

There were 37.43 million GSM and CDMA handsets sold in the China market in the third quarter of 2007, with Nokia, Motorola and Samsung coming in as the top-three vendors with a combined market share of 60.3%, according to China-based consulting company Analysys International.

Nokia alone occupied 35.1% of the total sales volume and Lenovo was the largest local vendor with a market share of 6.1%, Analysys pointed out.

For CDMA handsets, Samsung and China-based Huawei Technologies were the top-two vendors with market shares of 25.6% and 24.4% respectively, Analysys indicated.