A press statement citing a report on smartphone shipment numbers during Q3 2013 said that Huawei seems to have emerged as the world’s third largest smartphone vendor.
Global smartphone shipments grew 45% annually to reach a record 251 million units in the third quarter of 2013, according to a recent research at the Strategy Analytics. This was the first time ever that in a single quarter, smartphone shipments exceeded a quarter-billion units. Of all mobile phones shipped worldwide, smartphones accounted for 6 in 10.
Senior Analyst at the Strategy Analytics, Woody Oh said that Huawei captured 5% market share and became the world’s third largest smartphone vendor, as global shipments grew 67% annually to 12.7 million units in Q3 2013.
Since 2009, Huawei has been working in Pakistani market.