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Mobile phone sales worldwide

"In survey of first-quarter 2003 sales of mobile phone, market research firm International Data Corp. (IDC) found that Sony Ericsson had slipped from the top five, replaced by LG Electronics.

Its worldwide shipment of phones in the first quarter fell by 400,000 phones to 5.4 million.

Nokia remained the top mobile phone vendor, claiming 35.5% of global market share, shipping more than 38 million units — more than double its closest competitor, Motorola Inc.

Motorola had a 15.5% share, followed by Samsung Electronics Co. with 12.3% and Siemens AG with 7.4%. LG Electronics had 5.2%. Sony Ericsson had 4.8%", reports USA Today.

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