International Data Corporation (IDC) has released worldwide mobile phone market stats for the 3rd quarter. The worldwide mobile phone market grew 12.8-percent and vendors shipped 393.7 million units in 3Q11 compared to 348.9 million units in the third quarter of 2010.
The 12.8-percent growth is higher than IDC's forecast of 9.3-percent for the quarter and stronger than the 9.8-percent growth in