JAPAN DATA: Shipments of mobile handsets in the domestic market
totaled 1.963 million units in January, down 5.6% on year, posting the
first drop in three months, data released by the Japan Electronics and
Information Technology Industries Association show. Shipments tend to
slow in January between year-end promotions and new models to be put on
the market in February onward. Shipments in the first 10 months of
fiscal 2010 (from April 2010 to January 2011) were up 6.8% on year, the
association said. Shipments in calendar 2010 totaled 33.274 million
units, up 6.3% on year, marking the first gain in three years.