The period is restructuring at Nokia, announced today that many changes. Some positive, some less ... Requires a transition period between oriented feature phones and entry into the world of smartphones through a partnership with Microsoft, Nokia announced its decisions to achieve significant savings."To support this transition period, Nokia will upgrade its business model by significantly reducing its operating expense sections Terminals & Services, significantly reducing its workforce," said Nokia today. Faced with a fall of 70% of its share value last year, the Finnish firm plans more clear-cutting in its equipment: the closure of its facilities in Ulm, Germany, and Burnaby, Canada, but also the closure of its plant in Salo Finland, site will now focus on research and development. The manufacturer will now focus on marketing, while pushing further its terminals at low cost to Series 30 and Series 40, with the Nokia web browser.
NokiaAu total, Nokia plans to reduce its workforce by 10,000 additional people up, pushing the total employees thanked for the arrival of Stephen Elop at the head of manufacturing in late 2010, to 40,000 people. Meanwhile, the Finns decided to sell its branch Vertu luxury that was the Swedish group EQT VI, for a transaction whose amount, although it has not yet been released, is estimated at several hundred million. In this period of drastic savings, Nokia has still offered a small patch of blue sky with the acquisition of Scalado, long-time partner of Finn whom he will soon join the fold.
