by alec on February 28, 2007
Via Businessweek, IDC reports that Nokia is the undisputed champ in the smartphone market. Responsible for 48% of the 80 million smartphones shipped last year, they dwarf every other competitors in the category. The next closest competitor, RIM, claimed 7.5% of the market. With overall market growth of 42%, the smartphone market is alive and healthy.
BusinessWeek's audience is the investor, so naturally they break out these statistics by vendor. Even more useful to software developers like us would have been a breakout by platform. Which OS was the dominant OS? RIM, Microsoft or Symbian?
by alec on February 28, 2007
Congratulations are due to the team at Sangoma Technologies. They had an excellent quarter, reporting a 200% increase in EPS, and sales which increased 95% from the previous year.
With rare exceptions, I don't write about corporate financial performance. So, why highlight Sangoma?
- They are a very rare publicly traded member of the Asterisk ecosystem. Potentially they are a bellweather for the health of that marketplace overall. After all, they sell one of the most basic building blocks that everyone in that sector depends on — line cards.
- There has been much speculation about the health of Asterisk creator Digium. Digium makes most of their money from selling the same types of products that Sangoma sells. If Sangoma is healthy, it's likely that Digium may be too.
Nice job, Mr. Mandelstam.
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Q2 2006-2007 |
Q2 2005-2006 |
Increase |
| Sales |
$1.8 Million |
$0.92 Million |
95% |
| Net income before provision for income taxes |
$0.78 Million |
$0.26 Million |
200% |
| Net earnings |
$0.5 Million |
$0.17 Million |
194% |
| Net earnings per share: |
$0.018 |
$0.006 |
200% |
