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Emily Tan
Mar 19, 2012

China to overtake US as world's largest smartphone market this year: IDC

GLOBAL – This year, China will become the world's largest market for smartphone shipments, overtaking the US to garner a worldwide market share of 20.7 per cent, IDC forecasts in its worldwide quarterly mobile phone tracker report.

China Mobile is the world's largest mobile operator

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