L M Ericsson Telefon AB’s Ericsson Corp says it sees cellular telephone unit sales growing 30% to 40% this year from the current 20m in use worldwide, half in the US. Ake Lundqvist, an Ericsson senior vice-president, told Reuters that he expects the greatest growth to be in Japan with an additional 1m units sold. He expects continued growth in the United States but did not elaborate. Lundqvist said the company has not decided what if any of the new battery technologies it will use for its cellular phones. He said the company was uncomfortable with Lithium batteries because of safety concerns.
