Nokia继续裁员10000人

[BBC]Nokia is cutting another 10,000 jobs globally and has warned that second-quarter losses from its mobile phone business will be larger than expected.

The cuts bring total planned job cuts at the Finnish group since Stephen Elop took over as chief executive in September 2010 to more than 40,000.

Nokia will also book additional restructuring charges of about 1bn euros (￡811m; $1.3bn).

Nokia's shares have slumped more than 70% since February 2011.

"These planned reductions are a difficult consequence of the intended actions we believe we must take to ensure Nokia's long-term competitive strength," Mr Elop said in a statement.

Last year, Nokia dropped its own Symbian smartphone operating software and switched to Microsoft's Windows Phone system.

Reducing costs
Nokia will close its last remaining plant in Finland, at Salo, although it will continue to do research there.


Vertu phones can sell for as much as $310,000
Research and development sites at Ulm in Germany and Burnaby in Canada will also close.

The company hopes to complete the closures and redundancies by the end of 2013.

It expects the process to cost 650m euros ($817m) this year and 600m euros ($754m) next year.

The overall aim is to reduce core operating costs to 3bn euros ($3.8bn) a year.

Vertu sale
Nokia also announced it was selling its luxury handset maker, Vertu. The mobile phones are made from precious metals such as platinum. Some are encrusted with diamonds and sapphires and sell for as much as $310,000.

Private equity investor EQT is buying the high-end brand for an undisclosed price reported to be approximately 200m euros ($250m).

Shares in Nokia were down 9% to 2.04 euros in early trade.[BBC]Nokia is cutting another 10,000 jobs globally and has warned that second-quarter losses from its mobile phone business will be larger than expected.

The cuts bring total planned job cuts at the Finnish group since Stephen Elop took over as chief executive in September 2010 to more than 40,000.

Nokia will also book additional restructuring charges of about 1bn euros (￡811m; $1.3bn).

Nokia's shares have slumped more than 70% since February 2011.

"These planned reductions are a difficult consequence of the intended actions we believe we must take to ensure Nokia's long-term competitive strength," Mr Elop said in a statement.

Last year, Nokia dropped its own Symbian smartphone operating software and switched to Microsoft's Windows Phone system.

Reducing costs
Nokia will close its last remaining plant in Finland, at Salo, although it will continue to do research there.


Vertu phones can sell for as much as $310,000
Research and development sites at Ulm in Germany and Burnaby in Canada will also close.

The company hopes to complete the closures and redundancies by the end of 2013.

It expects the process to cost 650m euros ($817m) this year and 600m euros ($754m) next year.

The overall aim is to reduce core operating costs to 3bn euros ($3.8bn) a year.

Vertu sale
Nokia also announced it was selling its luxury handset maker, Vertu. The mobile phones are made from precious metals such as platinum. Some are encrusted with diamonds and sapphires and sell for as much as $310,000.

Private equity investor EQT is buying the high-end brand for an undisclosed price reported to be approximately 200m euros ($250m).

Shares in Nokia were down 9% to 2.04 euros in early trade.