Mobile phone sales up
"2003 proved good for sales worldwide: Gartner reports increase of 21% in sales of mobile phones.

Strong replacement demand in mature markets coupled with higher than expected growth in emerging markets combined to deliver a record number of units sold in the mobile phone industry in 2003. Worldwide mobile phone sales totaled 520 million units, a 20.5 percent increase from 2002 sales, according to Gartner. "