Heard of Amoisonic, Ningbo Bird, Capitel, Eastcom, Haier, Kejian, Konka and Legend?

ZDNET reports that a paper from Portelligent declares these Chinese mobile manufacturers ready for competition with Nokia and other mobile makers.

"While still a step behind the major multinationals, Chinese handset makers are rolling out competent products with very competitive manufacturing costs. The rate of progress demonstrated by the Chinese producers and their potential threat to the current pecking order in worldwide handset market share should not be underestimated".