According to figures recently released by Strategy Analytics, WCDMA (3G) technology, accounts for 5% of the total handset sales during Q2 2005. While 3G is still in an early stage of development, Nokia has 17% of the 3G market.

This 17% may not seem that large, but it puts Nokia well ahead of other handset manufactures and may be due in part to the popularity of the 6680 line. While Motorola continues to make inroads into the GPRS / 2.5G market, it may have to step up pace for the next battle of the WCDMA phones.

Is this barrier already too high to climb for Nokia’s competitors? No, but Nokia is clearly making up some of the “high-end” ground it has lost to Motorola, Samsung, LG and others in the past few years.