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Article: Cellular Phones: Ringing in Growth.
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- April 18, 2000
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Business Editors/Computer Writers
PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 18, 2000
The semiconductor industry is extremely interested in the forecast for cellular phones.
Some sources estimate that the cellular phone market may exceed one billion units by 2002. If so, billions of ICs would be needed.
But, is the cellular phone market that big. In a recently published Snapshot Study, Cellular Phones: Ringing in Growth, Semico Research Corp. presents a much more conservative forecast. Semico believes that the market for cellular phone handsets will be less than 500 million units by 2004.
There are three critical elements that must be ...