US: Carrier Metrics for Q2 and OEM Sales

During the second quarter of 2008, U.S. wireless carriers kept their average revenue per user steady thanks to growing data revenues. In addition, churn levels remained low while net adds climbed (at least for some operators). (Source: FierceWireless)

Mobile phone shipments in the U.S. managed a 5.3% increase in the second quarter, as cellphone companies beat the weak economy and posted strong results. Strategy Analytics, an independent consulting firm, said 41.9 million cellphones were shipped in the quarter, up from 39.8 million a year earlier.

Motorola managed to cling to its lead in U.S. market share at 26%, South Korea's LG made a return to No. 2 in the U.S. market as it sold 16.8 million phones in the first half of the year and aims to hold 22% of the market by the end of the year. Meanwhile, Research In Motion Ltd.'s (RIMM) Blackberry phones gained a double- digit market share for the first time in the U.S.

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