Cellular chip market 2Q07 update

Worldwide cellular chip market revenues for 2Q 2007 touched an estimated $1,910 million. An estimated 130.6 million chips were shipped during the quarter.

The market was led by Texas Instruments which had a share of around 24.2%. That lead was followed by Qualcomm, Freescale, Broadcom and STMicrosystems in that order. Together these five generated around 68.8% of the total revenues generated by cellular chip sales.

Cellular chips 2Q07 update tracks the shipment of chips that are mainly used in handsets and core network elements in cellular technologies that include GSM, CDMA, and 3G.