"Mobile phone vendors shipped 272.7 million units worldwide in the second quarter, up 6.9 percent from the previous quarter and up 16.5 percent from the second quarter of 2006, according to a new report.
The report is from IDC, a Framingham-based provider of global market intelligence.
While year-over-year growth increased compared to that of the first quarter, it is still significantly lower than 22 percent growth seen in 2006, said IDC, attributing the slower growth to 'the high market penetration rate in more mature regions.'"
