Expanding on its uninspired 1989 figures (p5), Nokia Oy says that sales at its Nokia Data Systems unit rose 4.5% at $1,291m with operating profit flat and unsatisfactory; overall, the electronics division saw sales up 8.1% at $3,604m, 62% of the total of the company that was formerly dominated by timber and paper, and up from 47% in 1987; star performer in the electronics division was the Mobira cellular telephone arm, which saw sales soar 54.8% at $443m – but even that made an operating loss because of losses at the Cue Paging Corp business in the US – that unit is to be divested with dispatch.
