The Ministry of Information Industry announced on Tuesday that
China exported 130.98 million cellphones in the first five months
this year, up 26.5 percent from the same period last year.
Domestic brand exports reached 16.953 million phones, about 13
percent of the total, up 49.6 percent from the same period last
year.
The figures indicated that CDMA cellphones were mainly sold
abroad. In the first five months, 27.4 million CDMA cell phones
were exported, about 84 percent of the total, up 52.8 percent from
the same period last year.
ZTE Corporation, a leading provider of telecommunications
equipment, recorded the fastest export growth. It exported 4.85
million CDMA cellular phones, about 18 percent of the total.
(Xinhua News Agency July 24 2007)
