According to the Strategy Analytics study institute, global mobile handset shipments fell a huge 13 percent year-over-year, in the first quarter of 2009, the sharpest fall in its history. All operators have experienced the same phenomenon. The Korean companies Samsung and LG have experienced respective declines of 1% and 7%. The situation for Sony Ericsson, and particularly Motorola, has been much more dramatic. Both experienced respective declines in sales of -35% and
-46% over this...