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Phone maker Sony-Ericsson has been struggling in recent quarters, as its Sony-branded Walkman phones have failed to light up international markets and the company's high-end handsets are increasingly being eclipsed by smartphones from a variety of other makers. Couple that with a general downturn in the mobile market and Sony Ericsson has seen its market share dip below 5 percent, leading to speculation the company might be split up… Read More

Phone maker Sony Ericsson has announced its fiscal results for the first quarter of 2009…and the numbers aren't pretty. The company reported a loss of €293 million during the quarter (that's about $384 million USD), and to help cut costs and improve its bottom line the company plans to eliminate another 2,000 positions. "As expected, the first quarter of this year has been extremely challenging for Sony… Read More

It’s not a good time for Sony Ericsson at the moment. There are rumors that Ericsson might want out of the joint venture into handsets, no carrier is interested in its smartphone, and it’s anticipating a huge loss next quarter as handset demand drops. And now the head of its North American operations, Najmi Jarwala, is leaving the company at the end of this month. Executive VP Anders Runevad will replace him on an interim… Read More

The second quarter of this year hasn’t been kind of mobile handset maker Sony Ericsson. Its published figures have shown profits fall by 29%, income by a disastrous 98%, and operating income by an almost unbelievable 101%. Although it has an 8% market share, the company blames the awful period on a shrinking market and increased competition among high-end handsets, and says it’s planning to cut 2,000 jobs in an attempt to trim… Read More

Sony today added a new television sub-brand line to join its well known Trinitron brand. The brand, to be called Bravia, will represent the company's line of high-definition flat-panel LCD TVs. The first models to carry this new brand, Sony said, will be five LCD TVs ranging in screen sizes from 26 to 40 inches. Bravia stands for "Best Resolution Audio Video Integrated Architecture". To celebrate the launch of this new… Read More