Nokia To Cut Deeper As Red Ink Spills
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published August 04, 2016 | 03:51 PM
HELSINKI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 4th Augst,2016) - Finnish telecom equipment manufacturer Nokia said Thursday it aims to accelerate savings after costs of absorbing former French-American rival Alcatel-Lucent pushed it into a second-quarter loss. The net loss of 665 million Euros ($741 million) was mostly due to the 600-million euro restructuring charge as it integrates Alcatel-Lucent, which it acquired last year. Under the move, Nokia aimed to expand from telecoms networks to internet networks and "cloud" services after abandoning the mobile handset market. Chief executive Rajeev Suri said in a statement that Nokia is "now targeting 1.2 billion euros in total cost savings to be achieved in full year 2018", up from the previous target of more than 900 million euros.
Nokia said net sales fell by 11 percent from the same period last year on a comparable basis, to 5.6 billion euros. The operating margin fell to 6.0 percent from 7.0 percent, with Nokia putting the blame on needing to increase risk provisions over a Latin American client undergoing court-supervised restructuring.
It did not name the client, which is believed to be Brazilian operator Oi. The second-quarter results "were largely as expected and reflect solid execution in the midst of a challenging market and the ongoing integration of Alcatel-Lucent," said Suri.
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