Samsung's mobile phone business, including organizational structure, and revenue performance in 2004, 2005; Samsung's mobile phone shipment performance worldwide and in regional markets, and production strategies and locations; R&D operations in Korea and worldwide and achievements of Samsung's R&D efforts; partnerships with other companies.

Agree, Alpha, Mosaic, Bell Canada, 3Com, Datang, ETRI, Freescale, Infineon, Intel, International Telecommunication Union, KT, Lucent Technologies, Mitsubishi, Motorola, Northern Telecom, NTT DoCoMo, Oracle, Palm, Philips, Qualcomm, Samsung 4G Forum, Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Samsung SDI, Samsung Techwin, SK Telecom, Sprint PCS, Symbian, TI, Verizon, Virtual Diam, Vodafone, Wireless World Research Forum

Figure 1  Vertical Integration of Samsung's Key Handset Component Supply Chain

Figure 2  Revenue of Samsung Electronics' Five Main Divisions, 1Q 2004 - 4Q 2005

Figure 3  Samsung's Mobile Phone Shipment Volume, 1Q 2004 - 4Q 2005

Figure 4  Samsung's Mobile Phone Shipment Volume by Region, 1Q 2004 - 4Q 2005

Figure 5  Samsung's Mobile Phone Shipment Share by System Technology, 1Q 2004 - 4Q 2005

Figure 6  R&D Personnel's Share of Samsung Electronics' Total Workforce, 1997 - 2005

Figure 7  Samsung Electronics' R&D Organization

Figure 8  The Division of Labor in Samsung's R&D Operations

Figure 9  Samsung Mobile Phone Unit's R&D Spending and its Share of Revenue, 2003 - 2005

Table 1   Capacity and Products of Samsung Electronics' Mobile Phone Plants

Table 2   Samsung's Global Network of Mobile Phone R&D Facilities

Table 3   Samsung Electronics' Global Network of Design Centers

Table 4   Samsung's Strategic Collaborations in Communications

Table 5   Mobile Phone Types First Launched by Samsung