Stockholm: Wireless equipment maker LM Ericsson AB says its third-quarter profits dropped 71 percent partly due to a lower demand from customers amid the global financial crisis.
Ericsson says net profit in the July through September period was 810 million kronor (USD 117.6 million), down from 2.84 billion kronor in the same three months last year.
Sales fell 5.6 percent to 46.4 billion kronor, from 49.2 billion in the third quarter of 2008.
Sony Ericsson, a joint venture with Sony Corp., last week posted a loss of euro164 million (USD 245 million) in the third quarter.
Ericsson's outgoing CEO Carl-Henric Svanberg said Thursday that sales of network equipment declined due to "lower demand in the current tougher market environment."
Bureau Report
First Published: Thursday, October 22, 2009, 11:40