Handset Sales Forecast
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Consumer electronics hit by inventory glut
News Inventories pile up for manufacturers of computers, mobile phones and TVs, signaling a worse-than-forecast fourth quarter.
Tags: Hardware, Sales strategy, Sales/revenue, Cost control, Business development/management, SanDisk Corp., Inventory, TV, Electronics, Sales
Philippine carriers eye various growth areas
News As analysts expect phone sales in the country to fall this year, mobile operators mull revenue sources such as data traffic services, to overcome any handset sale slump.
Tags: Cellular phones, Smart phones, Mobile/Wireless, Mobile, Philippines, International Data Corp., Cell Phone, Wireless, phone, 3G
Asian parts makers beset by slow demand, supply glut
News A shortage of parts no bigger than a grain of salt kept cell-phone makers like Nokia Oyj from meeting demand last year--and production at Japan's Murata Manufacturing Co humming. Not anymore.
Nokia cuts handset sales forecast
News The Finnish mobile phone manufacturer has revised its fourth-quarter outlook, and also issued a warning over 2009 sales.
Tags: Earning reports/forecasts, Sales/revenue, Cellular phones, Mobile, Mobile Device, Sales, communications company, handset sales forecast, professional services, Nokia Corp.
Nokia CEO touts N97 smartphone
News Speaking at D: All Things Digital, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo shows off the company's latest smartphone. The good news is that it is coming to the United States. The bad: it costs US$699.
Tags: Smart phones, Smart Phone, Video, N97, phone, AT&T Corp., CEO, U.S., Nokia Corp., built-In
Nokia further reduces forecast
News For the second time in a month, the company revises its forecast and tells investors that a slumping economy will hurt sales in the fourth quarter.
Tags: PDA phones, BlackBerry, Smart phones, Apple Inc., Mobile, Smart Phone, Cell Phone, Europe, Gartner Inc., Sales
Asian parts makers beset by slow demand, supply glut
News A shortage of parts no bigger than a grain of salt kept cell-phone makers like Nokia Oyj from meeting demand last year--and production at Japan's Murata Manufacturing Co humming. Not anymore.
