Um, these are not counterfeit phones. They are just cheap phones.
"some analysts believe China’s bandit phone makers may now be targeting the GCC region,"
What exactly makes them bandits? Sounds to me like they are totally legit. The "Pirate" in the headline makes it sound like they are stealing bandwidth or something, or perhaps hiding from the "Middle Eastern" government, when they are doing no such thing.
It's just cheap phones. There is no law that says only Nokia is allowed to make phones.
"Established players like Nokia were soon crying foul"
So only established players are allowed to make phones?
Does an otherwise good article really need "bandit" as bait to get people to read it?
Retitle to it: "Cheap Chinese Cell Phones Are Bringing Down Middle Eastern Governments".
I think any phone with the words "Nkia" or "Blockberry" on could reasonably be called counterfeit.
At the same time, I imagine that the buyers of these phones know exactly what they're getting, so whether the companies in question have really lost out is another question.
"some analysts believe China’s bandit phone makers may now be targeting the GCC region,"
What exactly makes them bandits? Sounds to me like they are totally legit. The "Pirate" in the headline makes it sound like they are stealing bandwidth or something, or perhaps hiding from the "Middle Eastern" government, when they are doing no such thing.
It's just cheap phones. There is no law that says only Nokia is allowed to make phones.
"Established players like Nokia were soon crying foul"
So only established players are allowed to make phones?
Does an otherwise good article really need "bandit" as bait to get people to read it?
Retitle to it: "Cheap Chinese Cell Phones Are Bringing Down Middle Eastern Governments".