<Family Radio Service (FRS) Annual Sales.
These figures are quoted in a report from Tellabs.com.
Historical sales (Source: Consumer Electronics Association).
1997 ? 500,000
1998 ? 2.5 million
1999 ? 4.5 million
2000 ? 7.3 million
2001 ? 15.3 million
2002 ? 12.5 million
Projected sales to 2007
2003 ? 13 million
2004 ? 12.5 million
2005 ? 12.5 million
2006 ? 12 million
2007 ? 11.5 million
http://www.tellabs.com/news/emerge/emerge_winter04.pdf
Other references
1998 ? 2 million units sold - Radio Advisory Board of Canada
http://216.239.39.104/search?q=cache:vwoCYbglErIJ:strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/internet/insmt-gst.nsf/vwapj/rabc1.pdf/%24FILE/rabc1.pdf+%22family+radio+service+%22++units+%22us+market%22&hl=en
This article from DSN Retailing today also gives demograhic
information on buyers of Family Radio Service. Heaviest buyers are
aged 30 to 39 years, high income earners and college graduates and
those with some college education. It quotes sales in 1999 of just
under 10 million units with sales for 2000 predicted at 20 million
units (Source: Motorola Warranty Card data).
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FNP/is_9_39/ai_63800031
Motorola predicts that sales will reach 10 to 11 million units in 2001.
http://print.google.com/print/doc?articleid=PsXdNYVEuXH
According to NPD Itelect, 1.3 million units were sold at Christmas
2000 and 1.1 million units were sold in first four months of 2001.
http://www.poynter.org/dg.lts/id.2/aid.1784/column.htm
According to a report by Rich Moraski, the major manufacturers in this
arena are Motorola, Cobra, Uniden, Audiovox, and Kenwood.
http://www.theguycode.com/stories/index.php?id=593
Market share.
According to a press release from Giant Wireless, Motorola has an
estimated 50% share of the FRS market in the US.
http://www.listedcompany.com/ir/giant/newsroom/newsroom.cgi?action=view_news&id=51&
According to their website, Maxon Systems (Thailand) Co. has 30% market share.
http://www.maxon.co.th/products/frs.htm>
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