Thursday, March 19, 2009

Reporters learned of the intention to Ericsson to sell its stake in Sony Ericsson.

Company Ericsson plans to sell its stake in the company Sony Ericsson, Electronista reports with reference to information published by the German publication Manager-magazin.
Swedish company Ericsson in a joint venture Sony Ericsson owns half the shares. The other half owned by Japan's Sony. At present, the latter was negotiating with banks for a loan to buy share of Ericsson.
The possible amount of the transaction are not reported. Also not known whether the market will remain the brand Sony Ericsson, Ericsson, if the company sells its stake in the enterprise.
Note that the division of Sony Ericsson have already appeared about a month ago. Then the company denied it.
Currently, Sony Ericsson is the fifth volume manufacturer of cell phones. In 2008, the company had issued 96.6 million phones.

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