With the U.S. and global economies still showing strong signs of resilience, expectations for oil demand growth in 2006 and 2007 remain robust. The United States and China account for a substantial proportion of the total world oil growth in 2006 and 2007.
We expect the emerging markets to form a higher proportion of Ericsson's business in 2006 and Ericsson will have to fight hard in these markets and pay the price of lower margins to maintain its market share lead.