The United States is the world's most influential smartphone market. Chinese vendors are keen to crack the US, particularly Huawei and ZTE. Both firms have single-digit marketshare there right now; they would like to make it double-digit. Beyond cutting prices of their devices, what do Huawei and ZTE need to do to crack the US smartphone market? This published report, available to clients of our Wireless Smartphone Strategies (WSS) service, analyzes the situation and provides recommendations for both firms.

According to our Wireless Smartphone Strategies (WSS) service, Italy will be the world's 11th largest smartphone market in 2013. It is broadly similar in size to France. With LTE emerging on the horizon, there is scope for change. Which smartphone platforms dominate? How popular is Apple? What is the penetration of smartphones, and how much growth is left? More analysis can be donwloaded by clients here,