Ericsson's second-quarter results will take a hit of about 1 billion crowns (US$108.8 million) due to write-downs of product inventory in the ...
STOCKHOLM: Ericsson expects to take a second-quarter writedown of about 1 billion crowns on product inventory in China, the Swedish telecoms gear maker said on Monday.
The company, which has won 5G contracts from three major operators in China, said it expected negative gross margins in China in the quarter reflecting the high initial costs for new products.Ericsson had warned in its first-quarter report that an increasing share of strategic contracts would hurt profitability in the second quarter, primarily due to negative gross margins in China.
Ericsson's writedown was likely associated with free products given to the Chinese telecom companies and is not a real one-off and needs to be taken into the gross margin estimates, JP Morgan analysts wrote in a client note."This has always been an issue with China contracts in our opinion that they cause gross margin issues so though this announcement is not a surprise, investors will want further clarity on the extent of the impact," the investment bank said.
European rival Nokia won a share of China Unicom's 5G core network, but has been on the sidelines for larger China radio orders which often mean taking losses in the early years of a contract.
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