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We are happy and proud to be co-hosts of the "Planet Reseller" at this year's CeBIT, where we aim to bring all participants of the mobile telecommunications "eco-system" together under one roof, in a cool environment where they can network, exchange ideas, and do business. gsmExchange.com will be offering a "happy hour" every evening to all participants, whether they are manufacturers, distributors, retailers or network operators, we are looking forward to meeting all our friends and partners once again in our famous: every-Cebit-evening-party!

Currently gsmLeads.com has been adopted by over a 100 mobile devices manufacturers wishing to leverage the power of the internet and the gsmExchange.com global reach, in order to market their products worldwide. On the other hand, we see the growth of the SIM Free market pretty much as a given, and retailers will need to explore all the best avenues in order to source SIM Free handsets. phoneLot.com is what they need.

As part of our success story we welcome the companies exhibiting with us in the ICP-GsmExchange Planet Reseller CeBIT 2010. We encourage all of members to get in contact with them and arrange a meeting. To make that easier you can find the list of our exhibitors below:

Google held a Press Conference this week to announce the official launch of the highly anticipated Nexus One. As rumored, HTC are going to manufacture the model which will include 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen with a resolution of 480x800 pixels.

The phone can be bought immediately with or without contract on T-Mobile USA and other networks including Verizon and Vodafone look set to secure contracts in the Spring. Google will exclusively distribute the Nexus from its online store and an unlocked GSM version of the phone that will work in most countries is $529.

Google will only ship the new Nexus to USA, UK, Hong Kong and Singapore, although a further expansion in distribution is expected shortly

It appears that buying in bulk will not be an option to start but we will keep you posted on future developments relating to distribution as it happens.

Welcome back everybody who took a holiday recently.

gsmExchnage would like to take this opportunity to wish all our members a prosperous New Year and busy 2010.

The gsmExchange Team is available to help you to grow your business and is more than happy to discuss sales campaigns for 2010 and help in any way possible.

The CES in Las Vegas starts on January 7th. If you are attending and want to arrange some meetings, please feel free to post your details below.

Dear Members,

The gsmExchange team would like to wish all our members a Happy Holiday season and prosperous 2010.

We look forward to working with you in the New Year and in making 2010 your most successful year ever!

Our offices will be closing on December 24th and reopen on January 4th.

Best wishes

The gsmExchange Team

The EU have suggested a ban on MP3 Players including iPhones that dangerously exceed reasonable sound levels. A study found that some models can reach up to 115 decibels.

The move to reduce volume levels was prompted after Stephen Russell of the European Consumer lobby Anec said 'There are up to 10 million Europeans, mainly young, at risk of losing their hearing permanently in the next five years due to personal listening habits'.

The EU are planning a 85 decibel limit with a decision to be made in the Spring.

What does this mean for iPhone traders on gsmExchange?

There should not be any immediate concerns for iPhone traders on gsmExchange. As mentioned, the EU are only planning to introduce the ban in the Spring and will work directly with the manufacturers to implement the new regulations.

The iPhone continues to one of the most sought after models among the 500,000 handset offered and requested on the gsmExchange every day.

Post your iPhone trades on gsmExchange today

ICP and gsmExchange have combined resources to offer CeBIT attendees the opportunity to network in a GSM exclusive area.

All of our allocated space has now been reserved and we are delighted to announce that 36 of the worlds leading traders will be joining gsmExchange at CeBIT 2010 in Hannover.

If you are attending, please feel free to post your details

ICP and gsmExchange @ CeBIT 2010

March 3rd - March 8th 2010

Reseller Zone, Hall 14, Hannover, Germany

Date:
 Jan 7, 2010 - Jan 10, 2010

Location:
 Las Vegas, USA

Venue:
 Las Vegas Convention Center/Las Vegas Hilton

Organizer:
 Consumer Electronics Association

Official Website:
 http://www.cesweb.org

Good news!, after 15 consecutive months of market decline the European GSM industry grew by 5% in Q3 2009 compared to the same period 2008, the ICI reported yesterday.

There was incredible movement in the market with Nokia coming under increasing pressure from Samsung, who we recently reported sold over 40m Smartphones this year and or course the ever impressive Blackberry, who are estimated to have increased sales by 87% on this period last year.

According to our statistics on gsmExchange's Top Ten Requested Modules, the only saving grace for Nokia is the continued high demand for their low end 1208 and 2700 which continues to be popular in certain markets.

LG, who we reported yesterday exceeded the 10m milestone in global sales of their KP500 has overtaken Sony Ericsson into third place after a very impressive 5.1m sales in handsets.

The Motorola Android recorded growth of 5.4% in Q3 and although the Europeans haven't taken to it as well as consumers in North America, the result is still positive for Motorola.

Trading on gsmExchange.com was consistent with the ICI report with Blackberry and Samsung featuring heavily among the 30m handsets offered and requested on the trading floor during Q3.

Post your Samsung and Blackberry trades today on the worlds largest trading platform exclusive to the GSM sector.

LG announced recently, that the competitively priced KP500 has exceeded the 10 million unit sales target they set for themselves back in April. The KP500's success this year has seen it become one of only five LG models to reach the10 million mark

Dan Quinn from gsmExchange said “the KP500's has regularly appeared in gsmExchange's top ten requests. It was definitely one of the most sought after phones in 2009”

LG attributed their success to their understanding of markets and their ability to adapt and offer features exclusive to particular markets.

The success of the Cookie has prompted LG to reveal that there is a successor for the KP500 ready for launch during 2010 and will be on show at MWC 2010 in Barcelona

RIM announced yesterday that they have made a distribution agreement with Hong Kong-Listed Information Technology company Digital China, to distribute Blackberry handsets into the Chinese Market.

Rim will use Digital Media’s national distribution network to “help RIM further expand it business in China”

The Blackberry handsets have been available in China since 2006 and were distributed by China Mobile, although they were never strongly promoted.

Both parties are due to hold a news conference in Beijing today, to officially announce the plan.

Dan Quinn from gsmLeads.com “Blackberry have been in China for the last three years with limited success. The Chinese market is very competitive and is full of high spec Chinese brand Smartphones like those found on gsmLeads.com, so it will be a difficult market to break”

Demand for Blackberry handsets remains high on gsmExchange.com with it regularly featuring in the top ten models per month.

Post you Blackberry requests and trades on gsmExchange.com today.