It should be noted that certain statements herein which are not historical facts,
including, without limitation, those regarding:
- the timing of product and solution deliveries;
- our ability to develop, implement and commercialize new products, solutions
and technologies;
- expectations regarding market growth, developments and structural changes;
- expectations regarding our mobile device volume growth, market share, prices
and margins,
- expectations and targets for our results of operations;
- the outcome of pending and threatened litigation; and
- statements preceded by "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "foresee," "target,"
"estimate," "designed" or similar expressions are forward-looking statements.
Because these statements involve risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ
materially from the results that we currently expect. Factors that could cause these
differences include, but are not limited to:
- the extent of the growth of the mobile communications industry, as well
as the growth and profitability of the new market segments within that industry
which we target;
- the availability of new products and services by network operators and other
market participants;
- our ability to identify key market trends and to respond timely and successfully
to the needs of our customers;
- the impact of changes in technology and our ability to develop or otherwise
acquire complex technologies as required by the market, with full rights needed
to use;
- competitiveness of our product portfolio;
- timely and successful commercialization of new advanced products and solutions;
- price erosion and cost management;
- the intensity of competition in the mobile communications industry and our
ability to maintain or improve our market position and respond to changes in
the competitive landscape;
- our ability to manage efficiently our manufacturing and logistics, as well
as to ensure the quality, safety, security and timely delivery of our products
and solutions;
- inventory management risks resulting from shifts in market demand;
- our ability to source quality components without interruption and at acceptable
prices;
- our success in collaboration arrangements relating to development of technologies
or new products and solutions;
- the success, financial condition and performance of our collaboration partners,
suppliers and customers;
- any disruption to information technology systems and networks that our operations
rely on;
- our ability to protect the complex technologies that we or others develop
or that we license from claims that we have infringed third parties' intellectual
property rights, as well as our unrestricted use on commercially acceptable
terms of certain technologies in our products and solution offerings;
- general economic conditions globally and, in particular, economic or political
turmoil in emerging market countries where we do business;
- developments under large, multi-year contracts or in relation to major customers;
- exchange rate fluctuations, including, in particular, fluctuations between
the euro, which is our reporting currency, and the US dollar, the Chinese yuan,
the UK pound sterling and the Japanese yen;
- the management of our customer financing exposure;
- our ability to recruit, retain and develop appropriately skilled employees;
and
- the impact of changes in government policies, laws or regulations; as well
as
- the risk factors specified on pages 12 - 22 of the company's annual report
on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2005 under "Item 3.D Risk Factors."
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