Boom in the bust.

The article examines the cellular telephone services industry. Companies which manufacture cellular telephones have seen sales decline due to the recession, but there has been an explosion of new products and services linked to smartphones. It is expected that this development and the growing popula...

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Publicado en:Economist Vol. 390; no. 8621; pp. 69 - 71
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Economist Newspaper Limited 3/7/2009
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Sumario:The article examines the cellular telephone services industry. Companies which manufacture cellular telephones have seen sales decline due to the recession, but there has been an explosion of new products and services linked to smartphones. It is expected that this development and the growing popularity of application software for smartphones will result in the industry becoming more segmented, with revenues divided between cellular system operators and Internet industry firms.