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What you need to know: This weblog captures key data points about the global telecoms industry. I use it as an electronic notebook to support my work for Pringle Media.

Friday, July 22, 2011

Nokia Suffers Sharp Fall in Handset Sales

Nokia, the world's largest handset maker, said its sales fell 7% year-on-year in constant currencies to 9.28 billion euros in the second quarter of 2011, as its "smart devices" sales fell 32% to 2.37 billion euros and its mobile phone sales fell 20% to 2.55 billion euros. Nokia blamed the declines on competitive pressures and an inventory build-up in China and Europe.

Nokia CEO Stephen Elop said: "During this time of transition, we expect competitive pressures to continue.  However, we have a clear strategy to address the concerns about our product competitiveness."

Nokia Siemens Networks' sales climbed 21% in constant currencies to 3.64 billion euros boosted by a stronger infrastructure market in most regions and the acquisition of some assets from Motorola.   Excluding the acquired Motorola networks assets, Nokia Siemens Networks' net sales would have increased 13% year-on-year. source: Nokia statement

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