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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.[/quote]
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Bye bye
These Widows phones, guys, they are the future. I am telling you.
They shut down the ENTIRE Burnaby R&D lab they have here.
Man, I though RIM had it bad.
This wouldn't have happened if they didn't go to WinMo. If they would have went with Android, people would have wanted their phones.
Coincidentally this downhill started the moment that former microsoft guy got in charge.
Last year he basically said that he doesn't give a fuck how many people will be fired and how it will impact their lifes, fucking asshole.
but, but I love nokia...
my dad has worked at nokia for over 20 years, i hope he doesn't lose his job.
I hope their future is bright. I just bought their Lumia 900 to replace my iPhone and it's an amazing piece of hardware.
I am not surprised,their newest phones were shitty.
They should make their jobs out of Nokia phones, would of lasted forever
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They can't do that, they are firmly in Microsoft's back pocket.
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