sony ericsson

Sony 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. Both companies have ceased making their own mobile phones. The reason for this merger is to combine Sony's global consumer marketing expertise with Ericsson's technological leadership in the communications sector.

The company's global management is based in London. It also has research & development teams in Sweden, Japan, China, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Sony Ericsson has approximately 6,000 employees worldwide. Cellulari Sony Ericsson. The current President is Miles Flint and the Corporate Executive Vice President is Ericsson veteran Jan Wäreby.

History

Ericsson decided to divest its mobile phone business in 2001 following huge losses. Ericsson had decided to source chips for its phones from a single source, a Philips facility in New Mexico. In March 2000 a fire at the Philips factory contaminated the sterile facility. Philips assured Ericsson and Nokia (the other major customer of the facility) that production would be delayed by less than a week. Nokia began buying available chips from alternate sources and when it became clear that production at the Philips factory would be compromised for months, Ericsson was faced with a serious shortage. Mobile Developer Support - Sony Ericsson Developer World.