Studie - Global Top 10 Mobile Phone Companies Industry, Financial and SWOT Analysis

Introduction

This report analyzes the global mobile phones market in terms of market size (estimation based on number of shipments to end-users, including both new uptake and renewal purchases), key drivers and resistors, trends and competitive positioning. It includes profiles of the top ten companies in the industry along with 5-year financial analysis and in-depth SWOT analysis.

Scope

*Performance of the global mobile phones market on the basis of sales, volume and respective growth patterns over the past five years

*Obtain descriptive profiles of the top ten leading players including strategic initiatives undertaken in the last 12 months

*Analysis of the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats of the top 10 mobile phone companies along with business overview and financials

*Benchmark the performance of the top 10 players for the past five years; includes revenue comparison, profitability analysis, industry-specific ratios

Highlights

The global mobile phones market generated total revenues of $114.3 billion in 2007, representing a CAGR of 12.8% for the period spanning 200307.

Market consumption volumes increased at a CAGR of 21.3% from 200307, to reach a total of over 1 billion units in 2007.

The performance of the market is forecast to follow a similar pattern, with an anticipated CAGR of 12.1% for the five-year period 200712, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $202.7 billion by the end of 2012.

Reasons to Purchase

*Save time, money and resources on analyzing the top 10 mobile phones companies using this report

*Analyze the global mobile phones market with key industry metrics including market value, market volume, and growth forecasts

*Assess the intensity of competition based on the 5-forces model including degree of rivalry, substitutes, new entrants, buyer power and supplier power

Table of Contents 2

Table OF FIGURES 3

TABLES 4

Executive Summary 5

Industry analysis 5

Industry definition 5

Research highlights 5

Market Value 6

Market Volume 7

Market Segmentation-Geography 8

Five Forces Analysis 9

Summary 9

Buyer power 10

Supplier power 11

New entrants 12

Substitutes 13

Rivalry 14

Top 10 Companies Landscape 15

Top 10 Companies Landscape 15

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 17

Nokia Corporation 17

LG Electronics, Inc. 17

Motorola, Inc. 17

Apple, Inc. 17

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB 17

Research In Motion Limited 18

ZTE Corporation 18

HTC Corporation 18

Palm, Inc. 18

Revenue analysis 19

Financial performance analysis 21

Operating profit analysis 22

Net profit analysis 23

Ratio analysis 24

Current ratio 24

Return on assets (ROA) 24

Debt/equity ratio (D/E ratio) 24

Inventory turnover ratio 25

Company Reports 26

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 26

Company overview 26

Business description 26

SWOT analysis 27

Strengths 27

Weaknesses 28

Opportunities 29

Threats 30

Recent developments 30

Nokia Corporation 32

Company overview 32

Business description 32

SWOT analysis 36

Strengths 36

Weaknesses 37

Opportunities 38

Threats 40

Recent developments 41

LG Electronics, Inc. 43

Company overview 43

Business description 43

SWOT analysis 44

Strengths 44

Weaknesses 45

Opportunities 45

Threats 46

Recent developments 46

Motorola, Inc. 49

Company overview 49

Business description 49

SWOT analysis 51

Strengths 51

Weaknesses 52

Opportunities 53

Threats 54

Recent developments 55

Apple Inc. 57

Business description 57

SWOT analysis 58

Strengths 58

Weaknesses 59

Opportunities 60

Threats 61

Recent developments 62

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB 64

Company overview 64

Business description 64

SWOT analysis 65

Strengths 65

Weaknesses 66

Opportunities 66

Threats 67

Recent developments 68

Research In Motion Limited 69

Company overview 69

Business description 69

SWOT analysis 70

Strengths 70

Weaknesses 72

Opportunities 73

Threats 74

Recent developments 76

ZTE Corporation 78

Company overview 78

Business description 78

SWOT analysis 79

Strengths 79

Weaknesses 80

Opportunities 81

Threats 82

Recent developments 83

HTC Corporation 84

Company overview 84

Business description 84

SWOT analysis 85

Strengths 85

Weaknesses 86

Opportunities 87

Threats 88

Recent developments 88

Palm, Inc. 90

Company overview 90

Business description 90

SWOT analysis 91

Strengths 91

Weaknesses 91

Opportunities 92

Threats 93

Recent developments 94

Financial Analysis 95

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 95

Nokia Corporation 99

LG Electronics, Inc. 102

Motorola, Inc. 105

Apple Inc. 108

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB 111

Research In Motion Limited 114

ZTE Corporation 117

HTC Corporation 120

Palm, Inc. 123

APPENDIX 126

List of Tables

Table 1: Global mobile phones market value, $ billion, 2003-07 6

Table 2: Global mobile phones market volume, units million, 2003-07 7

Table 3: Global mobile phones market segmentation-geography ,% share, by value, 2007 8

Table 4: Turnover of global top 10 global mobile phones companies, $ million, FY2007 15

Table 5: Revenue growth of global top 10 mobile phones companies, 2006-08 19

Table 6: Key financials of global top 10 mobile phones companies, FY2008 21

Table 7: Key industry-specific ratios, FY2008 24

Table 8: Samsung Electronics-Financial and operational highlights, 2004-08 ($ million) 95

Table 9: Samsung Electronics-Key industry-specific ratios, 2004-08 98

Table 10: Nokia-Financial and operational highlights, 2004-08 ($ million) 99

Table 11: Nokia-Key industry-specific ratios, 2004-08 101

Table 12: LG Electronics-Financial and operational highlights, 2004-08 ($ million) 102

Table 13: LG Electronics-Key industry-specific ratios, 2004-08 104

Table 14: Motorola-Financial and operational highlights, 2004-08 ($ million) 105

Table 15: Motorola-Key industry-specific ratios, 2004-08 107

Table 16: Apple-Financial and operational highlights, 2004-08 ($ million) 108

Table 17: Apple-Key industry-specific ratios, 2004-08 110

Table 18: Sony Ericsson-Financial and operational highlights, 2004-08 ($ million) 111

Table 19: Sony Ericsson-Key industry-specific ratios, 2004-08 113

Table 20: Research In Motion-Financial and operational highlights, 2005-09 ($ million) 114

Table 21: Research In Motion-Key industry-specific ratios, 2005-09 116

Table 22: ZTE-Financial and operational highlights, 2004-08 ($ million) 117

Table 23: ZTE-Key industry-specific ratios, 2004-08 119

Table 24: HTC-Financial and operational highlights, 2004-08 ($ million) 120

Table 25: HTC-Key industry-specific ratios, 2004-08 122

Table 26: Palm-Financial and operational highlights, 2004-08 ($ million) 123

Table 27: Palm-Key industry-specific ratios, 2004-08 125

List of Figures

Figure 1: Global mobile phones market value, $ billion, 2003-07 6

Figure 2: Global mobile phones market volume, units million, 2003-07 7

Figure 3: Global mobile phones market segmentation-geography , % share, by value, 2007 8

Figure 4: Forces driving competition in the global mobile phones market 9

Figure 5: Drivers of buyer power in the global mobile phones market 10

Figure 6: Drivers of supplier power in the global mobile phones market 11

Figure 7: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the global mobile phones market 12

Figure 8: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the global mobile phones market 13

Figure 9: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the global mobile phones market 14

Figure 10: Turnover of global top 10 mobile phones companies, $ million, FY2007 16

Figure 11: Revenue growth of global top 10 mobile phones companies, 2006-08 20

Figure 12: Operating performance analysis, FY2008 22

Figure 13: Net profit analysis, FY2008 23

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