Ceva: In The Spotlight For All The Wrong Reasons

Nokia's CEO Stephen Elop opened the possibility of making an Android phone a few weeks ago in an interview with Spanish newspaper El Pais. Today, he's changing his tune.

By Bargain Bin:Nokia Corporation (NOK), once the world's largest seller of mobile phones, has in recent years lost substantial market share to Apple's (AAPL) iPhone and manufacturers using Google's (GOOG) Android operating system.

By Ted Stamas:According to a recent presentation sponsored by Barclays Capital, Ceva (CEVA) is the world's leading licensor of DSP (digital signal processing) cores and platforms with a 90% market share. DSP essentially helps translate analog signals to digital and vice versa.

By HK Skeptic: Summary

Trefis submits: Nokia (NYSE:NOK) announced Tuesday that the company’s 2011 quarterly sales and margin targets in the mobile phone business are no longer valid. Nokia attributed this revised forecast to a mix of competitive pressures impacting margins and market share as well as some mismanagement in the company’s China business.

Shlomi Cohen submits: Last Wednesday, Nokia (NOK) issued a profit warning, and its share price crashed.

Zacks.com submits: The recent Zacks Consensus earnings estimate revision trend clearly indicates a disappointing outlook for Nokia Corp. (NOK). It seems analysts are highly concerned about Nokia’s success in lucrative smartphone market, which is gradually becoming the next-generation choice.

Naveen Sachdeva submits:According to research from Gartner, Google (GOOG 476.14 ↓-0.01%)’s Android OS for mobiles will be tied at top position with Nokia (NOK 9.94 ↑1.84%)’s Symbian and account for 30% of all cell phone operating system sales by 2014.