Global shipments of GPS-enabled GSM/WCDMA handsets jumped 178.6% in 2008 to 78 million units, according to a new research report by Berg Insight.
Growing at a CAGR of 46.5%, shipments are forecast to reach 770 million units in 2014.
Berg Insight anticipates that GPS will start to appear on mid-range handset models in late 2009 and evolve into a standard feature in this segment as well in the following years.
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