This IDC study includes vendor market share analysis on a worldwide basis for the mobile phone semiconductor market for 2005. The 2005 mobile phone-specific semiconductor market grew 4%, to $18.5 billion. Increasing multimedia and applications capabilities and evolving air interfaces both contributed to this growth. The market leaders, Texas Instruments and QUALCOMM, remained in the number 1 and 2 positions, respectively - the same as 2004.

"Continued strong 3G growth supported by healthy 2.5G growth continued to propel the mobile phone semiconductor market forward in 2005. Amid the technology changes in the market, the top semiconductor vendors have continued to innovate and adjust, and the increase in connectivity and features in mobile phones is sure to keep the industry dynamic and exciting in the near future." - Flint Pulskamp, program manager, Wireless Semiconductors Research