<Number of cellular car kits.
World market.
According to Cellport, over 15 million hands-free car phone systems
are sold annually worldwide. They predict that the market for
hands-free systems will rise to $7-$10 billion in 2005. Investment
house Dain Rauscher estimates that worldwide demand will increase to
45 million units per year by 2005.
http://www.cellport.co.jp/company/CGP%20Brochure.pdf
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European market.
According to Yahoo! Finance, 1 million hands-free kits were installed
in Europe in 2003.
http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/031106/250/ed8pj.html
Cellport estimates that between 1.3 million and 1.5 million new
European cars will be sold with its hands-free system in 2004.
http://www.dailycamera.com/bdc/tech_plus/article/0,1713,BDC_2463_2636441,00.html
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UK market.
According to research by JABRA, 43% of mobile phone owners admit to
using the phone in their car (16 million people). Of these 51% use a
hands-free device. 6 million use a headset or earpiece hands-free
device and just over 2 million use an installed car-kit.
http://www.abd.org.uk/pr/356.htm
According to a report in The Washington Times, under 20% of Britons
have hands-free kits.
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20031201-114305-3199r.htm
According to a study by Sainsbury?s research, 8.7 million people use
none hands-free mobile phones when driving.
http://www.motor-insurance-365.com/article174.asp
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USA market.
According to a national survey carried out by Omnibus in April 2003,
less than 20% of the 140 million US mobile phone owners use hands-free
devices.
http://www.roadandtravel.com/safetyandsecurity/handsfreecellphone.htm
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