Sony Ericsson Reports Brutal Fourth Quarter as It Prepares for Life as Sony Unit

The company posted a loss of 207 million euros, and sold nine million phones in the quarter, down from 11.2 million shipments a year earlier.
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Sony Ericsson’s Strategy: Get Smart

Ten years ago, Japanese consumer electronics giant Sony Corp. and Swedish mobile-network vendor Telefon AB L.M. Ericsson put their mobile-phone units into a joint venture, creating Sony Ericsson in an effort to grab a profitable share of the booming global handset market.

Sony Ericsson Says Quake Aftermath Will Continue to Cloud Component Picture

Supplies of screens, batteries and camera modules are among the parts most affected by the March 11 quake, Sony Ericsson told investors on a conference call on Tuesday. The company said it expects an impact for several quarters, but said the effect is tough to quantify.

Sony Ericsson Open to China Gaming Partnerships

Mobile handset maker Sony Ericsson is open to partnerships such as joint ventures in China’s gaming industry and plans to sell its new cellphone-and-videogame device, Xperia Play, in the country, Chief Executive Bert Nordberg said Tuesday.

Sony Ericsson Says China Is Embracing Smartphones

Sony Ericsson Chief Executive Bert Nordberg said Tuesday that he expects smartphone use in China to expand to half of all mobile-phone users in the country within five years, as the company joins other global handset makers in shifting its focus to higher-end devices.

Shake-Up at Sony Ericsson

With lousy financials, a weak platform strategy and just 4.7 percent of the global handset market, Sony Ericsson is on a long, slow march into irrelevance. Unless Bert Nordberg can turn it around. This morning the struggling handset maker tapped Nordberg, executive vice president of Ericsson, as its new president and CEO.
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