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Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker, announced on Tuesday plans to cut 220 jobs at research and development units in Japan. The latest cuts represent continued efforts to reduce costs.
"Japanese manufacturers are important partners who play a critical role in Nokia's global supply chain strategy and with whom Nokia continues to develop its world-class logistics operations," the Finnish company said.
Trimming staff is nothing new for Nokia as of late. Last week, the mobile handset maker handed out 330 pink slips in Finland and Denmark at its R&D operations that globally employ 17,000 workers, Businessweek reports.
Nokia said its latest round of cuts won't affect Japanese operations of Nokia Siemens Networks, or Vertu, Nokia's higher-end handset line.
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jrocknyc
November 28, 2009 at 3:30pm
Japan doesn't celebrate Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Eid, or Christmas (unless Santa hats on Col. Sanders count)...
Just a friendly reminder that OTHER COUNTRIES ARE OTHER COUNTRIES!
