Motorola has appointed Mark Shockley as 'senior vice president, Global Go-to-Market' for its Mobile Devices business. This means he'll be responsible for overseeing all aspects of Motorola’s Mobile Device sales operations globally and will report to Sanjay Jha, the Motorola Co-CEO who runs Motorola’s Mobile Devices and Home Business.
Mr Shockley joined Motorola over thirty years ago; his most recent roles have been within Motorola's Mobile Devices organisation.
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Sony Ericsson is back in profit, reporting a net income of 21 million Euro for Q1 2010. That contrasts with a 167 million Euro loss in the previous quarter and a 293 million Euro loss in Q1 2009.
However, the number of units shipped has fallen 28% year-on-year from 14.5 million to 10.5 million – and sales figures have dropped 19% from 1.7 billion Euro to 1.4 billion Euro in the same period. The company says the reduction in shipments reflects streamlining of its handset portfolio over the past 12 months to focus on higher-end phones.
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