This study presents the five-year forecast for U.S. mobile phone shipments. The U.S. mobile phone market will grow slowly, now that subscriber levels have hit their saturation point. What will change, however, is the trend toward more high-speed devices running on 4G networks.

User demand for data will drive the need for faster networks and similarly faster mobile phones on these networks. This does not altogether spell the end of 2.5G and 3G devices. These will become the new stage for mass-market devices, which can also provide data and are also efficient at voice telephony.

Companies Covered:
AT&T Corp., Google Inc., Hewlett-Packard Company, HTC Corporation, LG Electronics Inc., Microsoft Corporation, MOODY''S CORPORATION, Moody's Corporation, MOTOROLA MOBILITY, INC., Motorola, Inc., Nokia Oyj, Samsung C&T, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Standard & Poor''s AB, Standard & Poor''s Securities Inc, T-MOBILE NETHERLANDS HOLDING B.V., The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, Verizon Wireless Inc, VERIZON WIRELESS INC.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. In This Study

Methodology

Primary Data Sources

Secondary Sources

Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker

2. Situation Overview

Figure: U.S. Mobile Phone Shipment Share by Top 5 Vendor, 1H10 and 1H11

Figure: U.S. Mobile Phone Shipment Share by Air Interface, 1H10 and 1H11

3. Future Outlook

Forecast and Assumptions

Table: Top 3 Assumptions for the U.S. Mobile Phone Market, 2011–2015

Table: Key Forecast Assumptions for the U.S. Mobile Phone Market, 2011–2015

Table: U.S. Mobile Phone Shipments by Generation and Air Interface, 2010–2015 (000)

Figure: U.S. Mobile Phone Shipments by Air Interface, 2010–2015

Figure: U.S. Mobile Phone Shipments, 2010–2015

2G

2.5G

3G

4G

Market Context

Table: U.S. Mobile Phone Shipments, 2009–2015: Comparison of June 2010 and September 2011 Forecasts (000)

Figure: U.S. Mobile Phone Shipments, 2009–2015: Comparison of June 2010 and September 2011 Forecasts

4. Essential Guidance

The Evolving Feature Phone

The Evolving Smartphone

The Evolution of Communication

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Related Research

Synopsis