February Shipments of Foreign-branded Phones in China Fall 7.7% from a Year Ago, Caict Data Shows

BEIJING, March 25 (Reuters) - Shipments of foreign-branded mobile phones in China for February, including Apple's AAPL.O iPhones, fell 7.7% from the same month last year, Reuters calculations based on data released by a government-affiliated research firm on Wednesday showed.

The data from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology showed shipments of foreign-branded phones within China were at 2.4 million units in February.

Overall phone shipments in China in February were down 14.6% year-on-year to 16.8 million units, according to the data.