Private-label handsets to bring in $10 billion this year

by Brian White, posted May 2nd 2007 at 7:01PM

The majority of global wireless customers want the latest technology with the lowest price when it comes to wireless handsets, right? Global sales of entry-level cellphones in established and emerging markets would seem to confirm this. As such, new research concludes that private-label handset sales will jump 23 percent this year on the way to a $10.7 billion total market. In essence, no longer are those exclusive private carrier "brands" being relegated to higher-end handsets and smartphones (or so the predictions state). The theory behind this is the growing popularity of carrier branding and software customizations needed on low-end handset models -- without large cost additions. Local suppliers, in turn, may be able to fill these needs. Result: more private-label (carrier-branded) and low-end handsets are coming.

[Via mocoNews.net and The Mobile Weblog]

Filed under: Handsets, Misc

Tags: carrier branded handsets, carrier cellphones, carrier handsets, carrier-branded cellphones, Carrier-brandedCellphones, CarrierBrandedHandsets, CarrierCellphones, CarrierHandsets, mobile carrier handsets, MobileCarrierHandsets, private label handsets, PrivateLabelHandsets

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