Nokia to Lay off Staff in Germany, Finland as It Trims Research Costs
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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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The world's largest mobile phone maker Nokia reported lower third-quarter earnings on Thursday after cutting handset prices to win back market share but said sales volumes were strong as it moves into the key year-end shopping season.
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Upset over the loss of 2,300 jobs in Germany, 15,000 local residents have staged a street demonstration over Nokia's plans to shut down its factory there. Now German leaders are considering taking back a huge Nokia subsidy.
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STOCKHOLM  - TeliaSonera Corp., the Nordic region's largest telecommunications operator, said Friday it plans to cut 650 jobs in Finland, or about 10 per cent of its workforce there, as it moves to control costs.
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Nokia Siemens Networks, the Finnish-German telecom networks manufacturer, said Friday it would cut 2,290 jobs in Germany as part of a restructuring plan.
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Nokia Chief Executive Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo said in an interview published Thursday that the company will not change its decision to shut a mobile phone manufacturing plant in Bochum, Germany, despite widespread protests and possible damage to Nokia's image.
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German officials said Saturday they were looking into whether Nokia, which recently said it would close its factory in the western city of Bochum, had received more state subsidies than it was due.
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This will simplify the process of discovery, trial and purchase of mobile applications, content and services for the consumer. HELSINKI: The world&#39;s largest mobile phone maker Nokia, has launched an initiative
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Nokia , the world's top cellphone maker, said on Tuesday it plans to close its plant in Bochum, Germany, by mid-2008 and may cut up to 2,300 staff as it moves production to lower-cost regions.
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InfoWorld - Nokia will give away mapping software to its customers as well as users of Window Mobile devices.
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The dispute between the German state of North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW) and Finnish phone maker Nokia intensified Wednesday after the state demanded Nokia pay back subsidies it received for a plant that is to be closed.
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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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Nokia Corp., the world's largest mobile phone maker, plans to shut down its Florida phone refurbishing plant by September 2005 and cut 400 jobs.
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Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker, said it would cut costs in its Multimedia Business Group by shedding workers in the division's research and development department.
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Nokia, the world's biggest cell phone  maker, reported lower third-quarter earnings on Thursday after  cutting prices to claw back market share, but said sales were  strong as it enters the key Christmas season.
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Eastman Kodak Co. EK.N said  Wednesday it will close three photofinishing labs in Spain and  Norway and downsize another in Switzerland, the latest steps in  its plan to cut investment in traditional film products.
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The Nokia Corporation said it would lay off up to 700 people globally, mostly in its enterprise business operation, to increase efficiency and improve competitiveness. The layoffs, expected within the next few months, include 340 workers in Finland. The cuts will affect research and development, related sales and marketing, as well as internal information technology operations, the company said. Nokia said it would try to transfer some workers to different posts.