. on a product technology basis , net sales decreased substantially for gsm and cdma technologies and , to a lesser extent , decreased for iden and 3g technologies . on a geographic basis , net sales decreased substantially in north america , the europe , middle east and africa region ( 201cemea 201d ) and asia and , to a lesser extent , decreased in latin america . the segment incurred an operating loss of $ 2.2 billion in 2008 , compared to an operating loss of $ 1.2 billion in 2007