China market: Nearly 40 million GSM and CDMA handsets sold in 4Q07

There were 39.96 million GSM and CDMA handsets sold in China in the fourth quarter of 2007, with Nokia, Samsung and Motorola being the top three vendors with a combined market share of 60.2%, according to China-based consulting company Analysys International.

For CDMA models alone, Samsung and China-based Huawei Technologies were the top two vendors with market shares of 25.1% and 24.7%, respectively, last quarter, Analysys indicated.

The total sales volume in 2007 stood at 149.13 million handsets, rising by 64.5% from 2006 and consisting of 139.05 million GSM phones and 10.08 million CDMA phones.