Cell phone shipments top 1B for first time in 2006, led by 4Q gains at Nokia, Motorola

Cell phone makers shipped more than 1 billion handsets for the first time in 2006, driven by a strong holiday season in which shipments rose nearly 20 percent to a record 295 million devices, the technology research firm IDC reported Thursday.

Source: Associated Press Newswires

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