Nokia profit grows but warns of bumpy ride ahead

Published: 19 July 2002 y., Friday
Unlike its main rivals, Nokia, the world's biggest cell phone maker, has announced another healthy profit but warned that the industry will continue to suffer setbacks that will shave the company's profits. In line with market expectations, Nokia said on Thursday its mobile phone sales were up 12 percent in the second quarter, helping to push up its net profit by 46 percent to 862 million euros ( $862 million), compared with 589 million euros in the same period last year. Net sales for the three-month period ending June 30 fell 6 percent to 6.9 billion euros ( $6.9 billion) from 7.3 billion euros in the same period in 2001, the company said, partly blaming the decline on weakness in its mobile network equipment division. Earlier this week, Nokia's American rival Motorola Inc. reported a record net loss of $2.3 billion in the second quarter, and its Swedish competitor, LM Ericsson, also was expected to announce heavy losses on Friday.
Šaltinis: AP
Copying, publishing, announcing any information from the News.lt portal without written permission of News.lt editorial office is prohibited.

Facebook Comments

New comment


Captcha

Associated articles

The most popular articles

Green jobs the key to a sustainable economy

The EU needs a strategy by 2011 to encourage the creation of green jobs, says a draft resolution by the Employment and Social Affairs Committee that was adopted on Wednesday. more »

Gas supply crises: better protection for householders

Householders should not have to go without gas due to a gas-supply crisis, and such crises should be better managed, thanks to EU-wide co-ordination procedures and interconnection requirements laid down in draft legislation agreed informally with the Council at the end of June and approved by the Industry Committee on Tuesday. more »

Estonia joins the euro-family

Today the Council has taken the formal decision which will pave the way for the introduction of the euro in Estonia as of 1 January 2011 and will become the 17th European Union country to share the euro currency. more »

Deposit guarantee schemes – part 2

Proposals to improve protection for bank account holders and retail investors, and set up similar schemes for insurance policies. more »

Greener, more competitive farming after 2013

How should the EU's farm policy be reshaped and how should it be funded after 2013? more »

European Parliament ushers in a new era for bankers' bonuses

MEPs on Wednesday approved some of the strictest rules in the world on bankers' bonuses. more »

The European Parliament's position on financial supervision

Long before the financial crisis the European Parliament regularly pointed out the significant failures in the EU’s supervision of ever more integrated financial markets. more »

Magnetic Europe: Big plans for tourism industry

New strategy for stimulating tourism in Europe – to realise the full potential of an industry that already plays an important role in the economy. more »

Commission gives details of who received EU funds in 2009

The European Commission has disclosed who in 2009 received EU funds in policy areas like research, education and culture, energy and transport or external aid. more »

€ 30 million EU support for the promotion of agricultural products

The European Commission has approved 19 programmes in 14 Member States (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, France, Greece, Italy, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Spain and the United Kingdom) to provide information on and to promote agricultural products in the European Union. more »