Nokia has reported its Q3 2009 results and it reported an operating loss of 426 million euros  compared to an operating profit of 1.5 billion euros Q3 2008. This is said to be Nokia’s first quarterly loss in over a decade.This is mainly due to a goodwill write down for Nokia Siemens Networks (1.17 Billion Euros). Nokia’s devices and service division’s profits were EUR 785 million, up 3% from the previous quarter, but down 50% year on year.

There has been a 20% drop in sales year over year mainly due to recession.

This loss highlights the fact that Nokia haven’t been able to bring better handsets faster to the market than it’s competitors. Another problem is the lack of trust of the brand in North America where Apple has captured a huge market share with the iPhone.  Nokia is seeing great growth in Europe and Middle East. Asia saw 30.5 million units being shipped and this is the Finnish handset maker’s  stronghold.

They shipped 4.5 million Nokia Nseries phones and 4.4 million Nokia Eseries phones during the third quarter 2009, down from the combined 9.3 million figure in Q2 2009. The scenario might change in the coming months with the launch of many new handsets including the Nokia N900 and N97 Mini which seems to be a success already with the amount of hype surrounding it.

And if you are still wondering why a phone announced in the beginning of the year is still not in stores is because Nokia is experiencing component shortages from suppliers. And this is reflecting very well in the sales figures. We expect Nokia to report a decent Quarter next time as its the festival season and also looks like recession is over in many markets around the world.

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Nokia Siemens Networks selected Tata Consultancy Services to provide R&D Services through partial transfer of Nokia Siemens Networks’ Development Center tasks in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Nokia Siemens Networks is one of the world’s foremost global enablers of communications services and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), concluded a multi-million Euro agreement to transfer product engineering and R&D services as well as parts of the Operations and Business Software (OBS) business unit activities from Nokia Siemens Networks to TCS.
The reassigned parts belong to the Nokia Siemens Networks development center in Düsseldorf, Germany, including 90 employees who will be transferred to TCS as part of this engagement.

Working towards its vision of five billion people connected by 2015, Nokia Siemens Networks puts innovation and R&D at the top of its agenda. Working with R&D providers like TCS enhances Nokia Siemens Networks’ ability to deliver new, exciting and profitable services to their customers.

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Some highlights of the quarter:

• Nokia device volumes of 133.5 million units, up 20% sequentially and up 27% year on year.
• Estimated industry device volumes of 336 million units, up 17% sequentially and up 16% year on year.
• Several key devices started shipping in volume across the product range including: Nokia 1200/1208, Nokia 2630, Nokia 5310, Nokia 6500 and Nokia N95 8GB.

This is what the Nokia CEO had to say on Nokia’s performance, “Nokia’s excellent fourth quarter contributed to a year of high growth and increased profitability for the company, while our industry leading product portfolio drove our device business to an estimated 40% market share in the fourth quarter. At the same time we again increased our quarterly device margins, allowing Nokia to continue to invest for innovation and growth.”

Nokia’s take on 2008:

• Nokia expects industry mobile device volumes in the first quarter 2008 to decline sequentially, reflecting normal industry seasonality, following a strong fourth quarter 2007.
• Share will be constant.
• Nokia continues to expect very slight growth for the mobile and fixed infrastructure and related services market in euro terms in 2008.

It seems that Nokia’s popularity is growing day by day and with their new handsets and initiatives planned for the year 2008, the story will not be much different than it was in 2007.

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Nokia Siemens has just bagged a multi-million euro deal from Bharti Airtel for deployment of a single Interactive Voice Response (IVR) . Bharti Airtel awarded this pan India contract to Nokia Siemens Networks for deployment of a single Interactive Voice Response (IVR) platform across all 23 circles. The three year turnkey and multi-million Euro contract includes designing, planning, systems integration and optimization services to enhance overall customer experience. The new IVR solution will enable Airtel to deliver Services such as Voice SMS, Televoting, Call Management Services (Reach-me service / Missed Call Advisor), Caller Ring back Tone (CRBT) and Voice Portal among others on a faster time-to-market basis, reduce OPEX costs due to optimized network utilization, and increase security by creation of a layered architecture towards Interactive Voice applications.

Nokia Siemens Networks will deploy and integrate the latest state-of-the-art platforms to provide a multi-technology, multi-vendor integrated solution that includes systems integration services. The platforms are HP OCMP (Open Call Management Platform), Video Gateway, Televoting Application and ASR/TTS (Automatic Speech Recognition / Text-to-Speech Engine. The solution will be ready for commercial operation by April 2008 and is expected to scale up to one billion minutes of usage per month in three years for Bharti Airtel.

“Our decision to select Nokia Siemens Networks as our partner in this program is based on their project delivery record,” said Manoj Kohli, President and CEO, Bharti Airtel Limited. “Their single IVR Solution and Voice Service Delivery Platform is based on a best-of-breed integrated approach which will result in cost optimization and increased security, a key prerequisite for building world class services.”

“This contract further strengthens Nokia Siemens Networks’ commitment to enable Bharti Airtel to continuously deliver new services and enhance its customers’ mobile experiences,” said Michael Kuehner, Head, Sub-region India, Nokia Siemens Networks. “Going forward, voice-based Services will be a key revenue generator and service differentiator in the competitive Indian market and Nokia Siemens Networks, with its strong product portfolio and extensive experience, is well positioned to address that need.”

Nokia Siemens Networks provides a comprehensive portfolio of VAS solutions including IP Multimedia Systems, Mobile TV, Intelligent Networks, Music Platforms and Call Control Services. Nokia Siemens Networks is a strong player in value-added services with more than 600 combined references worldwide, over 30 service delivery projects implemented, and 350 service delivery platform customization and integration projects completed.

Looks like Mobile VAS is getting bigger and bigger in India. Bharti is investing heavily in this market no wonder.

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