Sony Ericsson sells significantly fewer cell phones than in the previous year

The cell phone manufacturer Sony Ericsson remains deep in the red and is selling significantly fewer cell phones than last year. In the second quarter, sales fell by 43 percent compared with the same period last year, to 13.8 million cell phones.

The cell phone manufacturer Sony Ericsson is still deep in the red and is selling significantly fewer cell phones than in the previous year. In the second quarter, sales fell by 43 percent to 13.8 million cell phones compared to the same period last year. The net loss amounted to 213 million euros compared to a plus of 6 million euros twelve months earlier, as the Swedish-Japanese company announced in Stockholm on Thursday, according to SDA. However, the loss was lower than the 293 million euros recorded in the first quarter of 2009.
Sales fell by 40 percent from 2.8 to 1.7 billion euros. Group CEO Dick Komiyama stated that the rest of the year would also be "difficult" for Sony Ericsson.

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