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Ericsson is a joint venture established in 2001 by the Japanese consumer
electronics company Sony Corporation and the Swedish telecommunications company
Ericsson to make mobile phones. The stated reason for this venture is to combine
Sony's consumer electronics expertise with Ericsson's technological leadership
in the communications sector. Both companies have stopped making their own
mobile phones.
The company's global management is based in Hammersmith, London, and it has
research & development teams in Sweden, Japan, China, Canada, the Netherlands,
the United States, India and the United Kingdom.
Sony Ericsson has approximately 8,000 employees worldwide. With a 43% annual
growth rate, it became the fastest-growing mobile vendor in Q3 2006 compared to
Motorola with a rate of 39%. In 2007, Sony Ericsson had surpassed Nokia to
become the most profitable mobilephone maker in terms of net profit rate, and
behind Nokia in gross profit. It had been achieved by her marketshare growth in
high end handset market.
The company's current President is as of November 1st Hideki Komiyama, who will
be replacing Miles Flint, and the Corporate Executive Vice President is Anders
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