Vodafone optimistic on strong demand for data
UK operator giant Vodafone was keen to highlight its steady progress when announcing its latest quarterly and full year earnings, focusing on organic growth, investment and untapped market potential.
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IDC: Apple leads China smartphone as Samsung share collapses
Analyst house IDC has published its Q1 2015 China smartphone shipment numbers and they reveal some seismic shift in the world’s largest smartphone market.
Alcatel-Lucent resists calls to renegotiate Nokia deal after earnings
French networking vendor Alcatel-Lucent has reported solid Q1 2015 earnings, prompting questions about the value its shareholders are getting from the proposed Nokia acquisition.
BT Q1 revenue down but profit up on growing consumer business
UK fixed line giant BT revealed a 2% annual decline in its quarterly earnings announcement, but managed to extract a 12% increase in profit thanks to solid growth in the consumer business and continued streamlining.
Profits plummet at Nokia Networks
Finnish telco Nokia’s Q1 2015 earnings report revealed a dramatic decline in profits from its core networking operations. While Nokia Networks revenues were up 15% year-on-year, operating profit was down a massive 61%, with the Mobile Broadband division registering a loss of €3 million.
Global smartphone market Q1 2015 – Samsung top but Xiaomi could be third
Samsung announced its quarterly earnings overnight and Strategy Analytics wasted little time in publishing its initial global smartphone vendor share numbers. They revealed Samsung has reclaimed the number one spot outright, but with a diminished share compared to the same quarter a year ago.
Chinese mass market iPhone adoption drives strong Apple quarter
US tech giant Apple continued to ride the popularity of its new iPhone 6 models to another very strong quarter. Apple sold 61.2 million iPhones globally in the March quarter, which was 40% more than the year-ago quarter and generated 55% more revenue, implying improving margins too.
EE talks up Q1 4G and broadband subscriber gains
The UK’s largest mobile operator by subscriber count – EE – has announced Q1 revenues that were broadly flat year-on-year. Within that, however, EE continued the healthy growth of its 4G subscriber base and also added 50,000 broadband subscribers.
Qualcomm reduces outlook due to Samsung chip loss
The absence of its Snapdragon SoC in Samsung’s latest flagship smartphone – the Galaxy S6 – weighed heavily on Qualcomm’s Q1 2015 earnings announcement.
Ericsson CFO says Q1 numbers hit by ongoing North America weakness
Swedish networking vendor Ericsson has reported Q1 2015 earning that revealed a year-on-year revenue declines of -6% when adjusted for currency, but such as the extent of currency factors that unadjusted revenues were actually up 13%.
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