Sri Lanka mobile phone sales reaches 1mn units milestone

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Mobile phone shipments in Sri Lanka have reached 1 million units in the third quarter.Smartphone shipments increased by 100 percent to account for 20 percent of total mobile phone sales.3G-enabled handset shipments amounted to 0.17 million units in the quarter, according to a report from CyberMedia Research.Nokia leads the mobile phone market in Sri Lanka, with a share of 22 percent, followed by Micromax (19 percent) and E-Tel (12 percent), in terms of sales (unit shipments) during the third quarter of 2014.

The report also showed that Sri Lanka’s mobile phone market jumped 11 percent quarter-on-quarter, and by 43 percent year-on-year, in unit shipment terms. Smartphone shipments reached 0.2 million units in the period.Samsung leads the smartphone segment with a 20.6 percent market share, followed by E-Tel with 17.7 percent market share. Sri Lanka feature phone shipments reached 0.8 million units in the quarter. Nokia had a market share of 25.7 percent in the quarter, followed by Micromax (20.1 percent) share.

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