October 27 (SeeNews) - Croatian telecoms equipment manufacturer Ericsson Nikola Tesla [ZSE:ERNT-R-A] said on Friday its consolidated net profit fell 10.8% year-on-year to 51.9 million kuna ($8.0 million/6.9 million euro) in the first nine months of 2017 due to absence of tax incentives for R&D activities.