Sony Ericsson Q2 tops forecast, keeps outlook

STOCKHOLM: Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson reported its second consecutive quarterly profit on Friday and stuck by a forecast for only slight volume growth in the global handset market this year.

Sony Ericsson, owned jointly by Ericsson and Sony Corp, posted a second-quarter pretax profit of 31 million euros ($39.73 million) versus a forecast of a profit of 16.5 million euros in a Reuters poll. The firm made a loss of 283 million euros in the same quarter in 2009.

"Sony Ericsson maintains a forecast of slight growth in units in the global handset market in 2010," the company said in a statement.