NEC Handset Shipment Est. Down 8%
By WirelessWatch Japan on February 7th, 2007 Via: Wireless Watch Japan
WWJ Editors, 7 February 2007
NEC Corp. announced on Tuesday that it's expecting to ship 5.5 million mobile phones in the year to March 31st 2007, down 8 percent from its previous estimate of 6 million phones. The company also said it now expects to post a loss of less than 40 billion yen ($333 million) in the cellphone business in fiscal2006/07, an improvement over its previous estimate of a loss of 50 billion yen.
NEC Corp. announced on Tuesday that it's expecting to ship 5.5 million mobile phones in the year to March 31st 2007, down 8 percent from its previous estimate of 6 million phones. The company also said it now expects to post a loss of less than 40 billion yen ($333 million) in the cellphone business in fiscal2006/07, an improvement over its previous estimate of a loss of 50 billion yen.
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