Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.
Dell and HP shared the number one position in 2006, as both vendors had
worldwide PC shipment market share totals of 15.9%. Toshiba moved into
the worldwide top 5 table, surpassing Fujitsu/Fujitsu Siemens.
PC shipments in EMEA totaled 80.3 million units
in 2006, a 10.8% increase from 2005. The region ended the year with a
strong fourth quarter, as shipments totaled 25.7 million units, an
11.9% increase from the fourth quarter of 2005. In the fourth quarter
of 2006, the EMEA PC market suffered from weaker demand in Western
Europe, in particular from Germany and the Nordic countries. The
impending arrival of Vista seemed to have little effect on consumer
demand, except to keep prices lower; consumers continued to purchase
PCs at the entry level price points.
In Asia/Pacific, PC shipments reached 59.9 million units in 2006, a
17.2% increase from 2005. In the fourth quarter, PC shipments reached
15.7 million units, a 13.3% increase. In the fourth quarter demand was
primarily soft as buyers were prepared to wait one more month for PCs
installed with Vista. Consumers were also distracted by aggressive
prices of LCD TVs.
The Latin America PC market had a strong year with shipment growth of
24.7% in 2006, with shipments totaling 18.6 million units. In the
fourth quarter, shipments exceeded 5.4 million units, a 22% increase
from the fourth quarter of 2005. The fourth quarter was dominated by
the consumer market due to the holiday season, and the end-of-year
“budget cleaning” by some enterprises and a few government offices.
In Japan, PC shipments totaled 14.2 million units in 2006, a 3.3%
decline from 2005. The Japan market experienced a difficult fourth
quarter, as shipments approached 3 million units, a 12.6% decline from
the fourth quarter of 2005. Both the professional and private market
showed negative year-over-year growth in the fourth
quarter.
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