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This market data examines mobile device enabling technologies. These technologies include the following platforms: GSM, CDMA, LTE, mobile WiMax, and W-CDMA. Mobile handset shipments are presented on a quarterly basis from 2003 to 2017. Furthermore, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth enabled mobile handsets are also included in the market data with protocol and technology generation version. Finally, the market data also presents specific smartphone technology breakdowns by global and region shipments for the following: GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, speech recognition, NFC, camera embedded, front facing camera, touchscreens, accelerometers, gyroscopes, altimeters, magnetometers, MEMS microphones, 3-D displays, gesture recognition, and facial recognition.