Contrary to what I’ve been told on a number of occasions, mobile phone sales are still really booming. The BBC is reporting that part of this growth is coming from emerging markets like China.

While China and India for that matter have definitely got a handle on the fact that their regions have a lot to offer companies like Nokia and Samsung, will the merchandise be of a lower quality? From what I have read, the answer will be a big yes to that one.

The market share of the world’s biggest handset maker, Nokia, also recovered to 30.9% from 29.7% in the second quarter.

Nokia still sells more than double the amount of rivals, but its market share remains below levels of a year ago.

Gartner found worldwide handset sales rose 26% to 167 million in the quarter - with all companies seeing increases.

South Korea’s Samsung had a 13.8% share of the market in the third quarter, compared with 11.2% last year.

Motorola’s share slipped to 13.4% from 14.7% but Gartner said the US firm should benefit from new product launches in the run up to Christmas.