German Unions Urge Nokia Boycott
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Nokia's plans to close a plant in Germany have sparked calls for a boycott and warnings from the German government.
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Siemens AG tried Sunday to blunt fierce criticism from politicians, labor unions and the media for unloading its mobile phone business on a Taiwanese company which has failed to keep it afloat.
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Anti-Nokia anger in Germany for closing a factory is growing with politicians publicly ditching the firm's phones and joining calls for a national boycott in Europe's largest economy.
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Finland's Nokia, the top global mobile phone manufacturer, said Tuesday that it planned to close a factory in Germany by mid-year which employs 2,300 workers.
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Nokia Corp., the world's biggest mobile phone maker, said Tuesday it plans to lay off "a few hundred" research and development workers globally, including up to 250 in Finland, in a move to cut costs.
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(InfoWorld) - Nokia Corp., the world's top handset maker, said on Thursday it plans to reshuffle 700 employees over the next few months, citing a need to improve its focus and efficiency. Nokia will try to move some employees into new positions in the company, while others could take voluntary severance packages, said Arja Suominen, vice president of communications. She said she did not know many employees would be laid off, although the company will study the shuffle. Those affected are 360 employees in Nokia's Enterprise Solutions business group; 140 in the Software Platforms area of its Technology Platforms unit; 130 who deal with the company's global IT operations; and 30 in Customer and Market Operations. It wasn't clear where the remaining 40 employees work, although Nokia said the changes would affect a maximum of 700 workers. Nokia said 340 of those staff affected are based in Finland. Nokia employs 68,000 worldwide. Nokia said its Enterprise Solutions division would take a sharper focus on markets where there is a greater return on investment. Nokia posted losses for the division in every quarter in fiscal 2006, including an operating loss of â¬64 million (US$83 million) in the fourth quarter. "It's very clear we will need to make that business profitable," said Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, president and CEO of Nokia, referring to the enterprise division. "We're looking at different options in order to do that." He spoke during a press conference at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona on Monday and didn't hint at the cuts announced on Thursday. Nokia said it also wanted greater efficiency from the R&D (research and development) efforts of its Technology Platforms unit. Nokia has suffered declining sales in North America while the average selling price of its models has also fallen. However, profits and revenue have remained strong, and the company reported a 19 percent increase in net profit for its fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 2006, over a year prior, up to â¬1.3 billion. Â  Nancy Gohring in Barcelona contributed to this report.
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After a high-level meeting today, Nokia has agreed to serve on a joint task force to review its decision to close a cell phone plant in Bochum, Germany. Meanwhile, Nokia's cheaper facility under construction in Romania is in trouble.
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German anger over plans by Nokia  (NOK1V.HE) to close a plant escalated on Friday, with the  finance minister accusing the cellphone maker of "caravan  capitalism" and others vowing to replace their Nokia phones.
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German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck  said on Friday that Nokia's  decision to close a  plant in Germany was an example of "caravan capitalism," and  that the firm was risking its reputation.
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Nokia has taken legal action against  small European handset makers Sagem and Vitelcom on allegations  of patent infringements, the world's largest mobile phone maker  said on Thursday.
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Finnish phone firm Nokia is to cut 700 jobs globally, in a bid to make itself "more competitive".
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German services union Verdi kept up the pressure on Deutsche Telekom Thursday, with 15,000 employees staging walk-outs as a second day of talks got underway to resolve strikes at the telecoms giant.
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Germany's Finance Ministry puts pressure on Deutsche Post boss Klaus Zumwinkel to quit.
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Volkswagen, Europe's largest carmaker, has become the latest German firm to try to take on unions as it seeks to make major cost cuts.
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Nokia Corp., the world's largest mobile phone maker, said Thursday it has filed a countersuit against Qualcomm Inc. in a patent infringement fight.
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BRUSSELS, Nov 10 (IPS) - Trade unions are coming together to protest EU  proposals on liberalising services in the internal market.
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Workers at three factories belonging to German car maker Volkswagen in northern Germany staged protest demonstrations on Tuesday to turn up the pressure on management ahead of a crucial round of wage talks ...