Helsinki: Nokia says it continued to be hit by fierce competition in the first-quarter with a 30% fall in sales of mobile devices, the troubled unit it sold to Microsoft last week.
Net loss was 239 million euros compared to a loss of 272 million a year earlier while revenue fell to 2.6 billion euros ($3.6 billion) in the period, down from 3.1 billion euros a year earlier, the Finnish company said.
Nokia released its quarterly earnings report as it announced new strategies and appointments after it completed the 5.44 billion euro ($7.5 billion) sale of its devices and services division and a license to a portfolio of patents to Microsoft last week.
The former mobile leader, which peaked in 2008 with a global market share of 40%, has failed to meet the smartphone challenge of Apple's iPhone, Google's Android operating system and cheaper competitors in Asia.
It tried to reverse the trend by teaming up with Microsoft in 2011, replacing its old operating system with one based on Windows Phone platform, but consumers shunned the Lumia devices and its sales continued to fall.
Now, the Finnish company will focus in the remaining operations — networks, mapping services and technology development and licenses.
Nokia also appointed a new CEO to head the company — Indian-born Rajeev Suri, the former head of Nokia Solutions and Networks who joined Nokia in 1995.
