15 Quotes by Neil Mawston

We're fairly confident it will exceed the 800 million this year.

There is evidence to suggest that consumers will be interested in 3.5G services, ... The fact that it offers data speeds that are comparable to fixed-broadband means that consumers are more likely to want it. 3.5G will also appeal to those who are interested in music and gaming and it will also lead to new applications such as Mobile TV.

I think they felt the candy-bar phone would conquer all. It was a pride thing.

Japan and Korea dominate market volumes today, accounting for over 80 percent of TV phones sold in 2006. However, Western Europe and North America, as well as China, will be the hot spots for global volume growth over the next few years. We expect Western Europe to ramp up to over one million units sold this year, with North America and China coming online in 2007.

We put it down to the three Cs: Nokia was weak in color, camera and clamshell, which were the three boom areas in 2003 and early 2004. It was quite a way behind the curve on those.

Two thousand and five was the year of the emerging market. Booming demand in the Southern Hemisphere, in regions such as India and Africa, drove global mobile phone sales 19 percent higher year-over-year. Emerging markets accounted for one half of total worldwide sales in 2005.

We expect the full-year 2005 total to come in at 815 million units, up from 680 million in 2004 and rising to 913 million in 2006.

Booming demand in the southern hemisphere, in India and Africa, drove global mobile phone sales.

Competition is just so relentless that the long term-trend still points down.