Pakistanis angry over detentions in Times Sq. case Monday, May 24, 2010
ISLAMABAD – Relatives of three men detained by Pakistan for alleged links to the suspect in the attempted Times Square bombing say the men are innocent.
They
AFP - Thursday, August 6TAIPEI (AFP) - - Taiwan's Beijing-friendly government on Wednesday denied boycotting an Australian film festival amid a row over the e
BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel suffered a double blow on Thursday as a senior party ally in east German
Minister seeks closure of anti-Berlusconi websites Wednesday, December 16, 2009
ROME (AFP) - – The Italian government moved Tuesday to close down Internet sites encouraging further violence against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who
By ELAINE KURTENBACH,AP Business Writer AP - Wednesday, March 18SHANGHAI - Asia's stock market rally seemed to be running out of steam Wednesday, despite an
Edition:
U.S.
Africa
Arabic
Argentina
Brazil
Canada
China
France
Germany
India
Italy
Japan
Latin America
Mexico
Russia
Spain
United Kingdom
Home
Business
Business Home
Economy
Technology
Media
Small Business
Legal
Deals
Earnings
Social Pulse
Business Video
The Freeland File
Markets
Markets Home
U.S. Markets
European Markets
Asian Markets
Global Market Data
Indices
M&A
Stocks
Bonds
Currencies
Commodities
Futures
Funds
peHUB
World
World Home
U.S.
Brazil
China
Euro Zone
Japan
Mexico
Russia
India Insight
World Video
Reuters Investigates
Decoder
Politics
Politics Home
Election 2012
Issues 2012
Candidates 2012
Tales from the Trail
Political Punchlines
Supreme Court
Politics Video
Tech
Technology Home
MediaFile
Science
Tech Video
Tech Tonic
Social Pulse
Opinion
Opinion Home
Chrystia Freeland
John Lloyd
Felix Salmon
Jack Shafer
David Rohde
Bernd Debusmann
Nader Mousavizadeh
Lucy P. Marcus
David Cay Johnston
Bethany McLean
Edward Hadas
Hugo Dixon
Ian Bremmer
Lawrence Summers
Susan Glasser
The Great Debate
Steven Brill
Jack & Suzy Welch
Breakingviews
Equities
Credit
Private Equity
M&A
Macro & Markets
Politics
Breakingviews Video
Money
Money Home
Tax Break
Lipper Awards 2012
Global Investing
MuniLand
Unstructured Finance
Linda Stern
Mark Miller
John Wasik
James Saft
Analyst Research
Alerts
Watchlist
Portfolio
Stock Screener
Fund Screener
Personal Finance Video
Money Clip
Investing 201
Life
Health
Sports
Arts
Faithworld
Business Traveler
Entertainment
Oddly Enough
Lifestyle Video
Pictures
Pictures Home
Reuters Photographers
Full Focus
Video
Reuters TV
Reuters News
Article
Comments (0)
Video
Counterparties: Today's Best Links
Steve Jobs: The lost interviews
Newly unearthed interview tapes from veteran tech journalist Brent Schlender shed light on the early failures and motivations of the late Steve Jobs. Read more at Counterparties
Income inequality up during the recovery
How the Facebook-Instagram deal got done
Follow Reuters
Facebook
Twitter
RSS
YouTube
Read
Preview: Disgruntled French set to vote out Sarkozy
5:45am EDT
Ted Nugent says Secret Service to quiz him about Obama remarks
18 Apr 2012
Why Judge Recused Herself from Zimmerman Case
18 Apr 2012
India tests nuclear-capable missile that can reach China
|
6:59am EDT
JetBlue pilot who had midair meltdown to plead insanity-filing
18 Apr 2012
Discussed
166
Trayvon Martin’s killer showed signs of injury: neighbors
139
Obama paid 20.5 pct tax rate in 2011: White House
106
North Korea launches rocket amid international condemnation
Watched
Hair regeneration study, a boost for the bald
Wed, Apr 18 2012
Panetta condemns photos of U.S. soldiers posing with dead Afghan insurgents
Wed, Apr 18 2012
Bill Gates to become comic book hero
Tue, Apr 17 2012
Pictures
Reuters Photojournalism
Our day's top images, in-depth photo essays and offbeat slices of life. See the best of Reuters photography. See more | Photo caption
Images from Hubble
The Hubble Telescope marks its 22nd anniversary. Slideshow
Most influential people
A sampling of those who made the latest Time magazine list. Slideshow
Nokia executive quits as phone sales plummet
Tweet
Share this
Email
Print
Related News
Nokia CEO says confident in Windows Phone, sales team
7:03am EDT
Analysis & Opinion
‘Astounding’ Seattle TRO ruling could remake smartphone wars
Apple and Microsoft v. Google: patent war shifts to antitrust
Related Topics
Tech »
Media »
Related Video
Nokia promises more cuts after disappointing Q1
9:44am EDT
Picture shows a Nokia logo at a shop in Warsaw, January 26, 2012.
Credit: Reuters/Kacper Pempel
By Tarmo Virki
HELSINKI |
Thu Apr 19, 2012 12:08pm EDT
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia dropped its sales chief and promised to slash more costs, as Chief Executive Stephen Elop battles to reinvent the cellphone maker to compete with smartphone rivals.
The Finnish company, which is expected to be overtaken as the world's biggest handset maker by Samsung Electronics, swung to a net loss of 1.6 billion euros in the first quarter, hit by falling sales and heavy restructuring charges.
Analysts said Elop has until the end of the year to improve sales of new Lumia smartphones - Nokia's main weapon in its fight against Apple and Samsung - before investors start to question his position.
Elop launched Nokia's turnaround plan in February 2011 by switching to Microsoft's Windows operating system, in a bid to make its phones more competitive against Apple's iPhone and Samsung's Galaxy. Since then, its shares have crashed by two-thirds as investors doubt whether the strategy will work. Last week, Nokia said sales of the Windows-based Lumia phones fell far short of analysts' estimates, raising fresh concerns.
Nordea analyst Sami Sarkamies said on Thursday Elop had one chance to show he had made the right choice in picking Windows over other options like Google's Android software.
"Elop's faith is fully married to the Windows phone strategy. If it fails, he fails and I don't think he will get a second chance," he said. "If there is no significant improvement during the autumn or towards the end of this year then it will be time to draw conclusions."
Nokia made a loss of 0.08 euro per share for the first quarter, 1 cent wider than a Thomson Reuters StarMine forecast. It warned last week of losses in the first two quarters of the year.
"Clearly we are disappointed by our performance in the first quarter," Elop said on Thursday.
SALES CHIEF EXITS
Nokia said Colin Giles, head of sales, would leave the firm in June, as it restructures the sales team. Nokia's first-quarter cellphone sales fell 24 percent from a year ago.
The company said Giles was leaving to spend more time with his family and would not be replaced. His boss, markets unit chief Niklas Savander will take on Giles' duties.
China-based Giles had worked at Nokia since 1992 and played a key role in building the company's business in Asia - a region where it now faces tough competition from lower-priced rivals.
Sales in China fell 70 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier.
Nokia said it would announce details of extra, substantial cost cuts soon.
Its shares closed down 3.6 percent at 2.92 euros, valuing the firm at around 11 billion euros.
Some analysts say the shares are extremely undervalued, taking into account nearly 5 billion euros of cash and its large patent portfolio.
"Nokia's patent portfolio's value is probably over 5 billion euros. Nokia's current valuation is basically patents plus net cash position," Sarkamies said.
Others said Nokia's management was not getting enough credit for the changes implemented over the past year. IDC analyst Francisco Jeronimo noted that Google's Android took time to take off as well.
"Nokia is doing quite well by shipping 2 million Lumia devices in the quarter. It took five quarters for Android to reach the 2 million mark shipments a quarter," he said.
Gartner analyst Carolina Milanesi said Elop should be given more time to execute plans for new phones later this year.
"It is too early to be talking about a new CEO. I would say Elop has until February 2013 - two years from when it all started - to prove the strategy was the right one," she said. "This timing gives him the new version of the Windows phone operating system and the holiday season." ($1 = 0.7621 euros)
(Additional reporting by Terhi Kinnunen; Writing by Ritsuko Ando; Editing by Erica Billingham)
Tech
Media
Related Quotes and News
Company
Price
Related News
Tweet this
Link this
Share this
Digg this
Email
Reprints
We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/
Comments (0)
Be the first to comment on reuters.com.
Add yours using the box above.
Edition:
U.S.
Africa
Arabic
Argentina
Brazil
Canada
China
France
Germany
India
Italy
Japan
Latin America
Mexico
Russia
Spain
United Kingdom
Back to top
Reuters.com
Business
Markets
World
Politics
Technology
Opinion
Money
Pictures
Videos
Site Index
Legal
Bankruptcy Law
California Legal
New York Legal
Securities Law
Support & Contact
Support
Corrections
Connect with Reuters
Twitter
Facebook
LinkedIn
RSS
Podcast
Newsletters
Mobile
About
Privacy Policy
Terms of Use
AdChoices
Copyright
Our Flagship financial information platform incorporating Reuters Insider
An ultra-low latency infrastructure for electronic trading and data distribution
A connected approach to governance, risk and compliance
Our next generation legal research platform
Our global tax workstation
Thomsonreuters.com
About Thomson Reuters
Investor Relations
Careers
Contact Us
Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, providing investing news, world news, business news, technology news, headline news, small business news, news alerts, personal finance, stock market, and mutual funds information available on Reuters.com, video, mobile, and interactive television platforms. Thomson Reuters journalists are subject to an Editorial Handbook which requires fair presentation and disclosure of relevant interests.
NYSE and AMEX quotes delayed by at least 20 minutes. Nasdaq delayed by at least 15 minutes. For a complete list of exchanges and delays, please click here.