74% of mobile Internet users in Pakistan go for Symbian handsets
Nokia is by far the market leader in terms of mobile handsets being used to access the Internet in Pakistan. Of an estimated 5 million mobile customers using GPRS/EDGE services in Pakistan, a sizeable 74% use phones based on the Finnish company’s Symbian operating system, according to Website analytics firm StatCounter, news service Pro Pakistani reported last week.
While Nokia is struggling to retain market share elsewhere in the world – new statistics from IDC on Monday showed its Western European market share fell by six percentage points on-year to 33% in Q4 2010 – its position has remained relatively solid in Pakistan; the vendor lost just two percentage points of share in the year to February 2011, despite growing competition from the likes of Apple.
Apple’s iOS is Symbian’s closest rival in Pakistan, but with a share of 8% in February it remains a long way behind. Sony Ericsson comes in third with 5% of the market.
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