Nokia and Microsoft cooperation to cut again after 20 years of six thousand for the most
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Beijing time April 12 news, according to foreign media, with the nokia started preparing partnering with Microsoft, the company will implement's largest in nearly 20 years downsizing activities.
Finland's largest private enterprise white-collar unions Pro executives Ann melody Depp Antti Rinne ground () said it expected that nokia will be announced at the end of the r&d department staff cuts jobs could be as high as 6,000 people, equivalent to nokia global equipment research and development department of the total employees 38%. Nokia had no comment.
Nokia CEO Stephen Emmanuel roper (Antti Rinne) February 11, says nokia will please the Microsoft Windows 7 as a major smartphone operating system, transition for 2 years, a move that will cause "massive layoffs.
Nokia in a research and development institutions TanPeiLei, the engineer callebaut's yankees Kalle Kiili) said (, "this will not bring more efficient or more innovation ability working environment. Waiting for cost is very high in 2009, we had a restructuring of r&d institution, as r&d institution normal operation, start to the second half began in 2010 the restructuring of the Symbian r&d department."
2010 nokia equipment department budget for 30 billion euros ($43 billion), is $17.8 billion apple more than 2 times r&d budget.
Market research company, according to the data by since apple released since 2007, according to the first iPhone FaHuoLiang calculation, 2010 the fourth quarter, nokia smartphone market share dropped 20 points to 30.8%.
Nokia data show that, by the end of last year, the company equipment and services for a total of 16134 r&d department employees.
Finland FIM bank analyst Michael Schroeder (Michael Schroeder) said, "nokia may be in the next 12 months, gradually cut research and development department employees because it's still under development. We expect Symbian products, transitional period, compared with 2010, nokia equipment r&d budget will be cut by department of third, amount could be as high as 10 billion euros".
According to law, announced the planned layoffs Finnish enterprise must start negotiations with unions. This kind of negotiation usually lasts for six weeks.
Nokia data shows, this company about 21,000 employees in Finland, accounting for 16% of global workforce. Since 1999, nokia cellular phone department staff more than doubled, total growth when 58642 people for end.
As chief executive after 2010, Mr Roper released in Symbian smartphones department plans to 1,800 jobs.
Nokia spokesman Payne victor • corporate governance west (Paeivyt Tallqvist) said, "we have said will be in the last week announced in April to the influence of employees, when posted message," will not only confined to Finland, "we didn't disclose the number of estimate" of layoffs.
Because the market for nokia and Microsoft cooperation sceptical, since February 11, nokia share price has dropped 23% cumulative. Last week, HTC electricity worth more than a nokia. Since promulgated by partnering with Microsoft, standard &poor's and moody's investors service downgraded nokia debt rating both.
Schroeder says, "if nokia do not publish future development plan, people will feel disappointed. Investors are concerned not how many employees nokia cuts, but the long-term prospects of smartphone business."
The yankees, "said there are other jobs have left some employees, especially MeeGo department employee, but most of the staff is still waiting for the company's decision. Employees intensifies, because it concerns in relation to their jobs, we never before experienced such a large-scale layoffs."
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