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Nokia sacks 300 IT employees, transfers 820 to other companies

17 January, 2013 | Read the news | Post your comment
Nokia sacks 300 IT employees, transfers 820 to other companies - read the full textNokia is still not over the hard times. The company sold its headquarters and leased it back, laid off 1000 factory workers in Finland, slashed another 4000 but still promised to open up to 4000 new jobs in its Vietnam-based factory. Nokia's international IT organization that will now have to...

 

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Nokia was once a Titan but eventually defeated by the Gods (Apple, Samsung, Sony, Htc...)

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  • 2013-01-17 23:09
  • uH$k

nokia was a dictator one day. but most of them phones was crappy... i had a couple of series 40...who says that if they would make android phones, those would crush the competition? non-sense... :) R.I.P. nokia. i won't miss your low quality devices.

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  • 2013-01-17 23:06
  • 0U3R

Nokia was once a Titan but eventually defeated by the Gods (Apple, Samsung, Sony, Htc...)

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  • 2013-01-17 23:05
  • uH$k

First, they sell their hq, and just rent office space. Now theyre cutting back on employees. Hmm.. Bad times for nokia.

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  • 2013-01-17 22:43
  • v0qu

Well, if they're going to develop Windows Phone, then they first need money. And to do that, they should release a few Android phones. Think about it. A Nokia Android would crush every other company out there, at least in my opinion. I'd really love to see that.

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  • 2013-01-17 22:28
  • 390U

This is an opportunity for a software/electronics company to transition into the smartphone/cellphone market. I smell a buyout.

Anyone remember how sony started off into smartphones/cellphones?

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  • 2013-01-17 22:26
  • 8yU}

RIP nokia.

this is what happen to keep doing windows phone, MORE LAY OFF

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  • 2013-01-17 22:14
  • PvYx

That is good: Finns are transferred from permanent jobs in Finland to work as consultants in India for TATA Consulting. Ha-ha.

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  • 2013-01-17 21:59
  • 4$Ff

> In reply to pipo @ 2013-01-17 21:35 from mTnr - click to readsorry to tell you that especially in graphics it lacks a lot and running on pure linux is not that good ( though very capable , but all the capabilities are found on android with linux but not purely)and also Meego was sold

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  • 2013-01-17 21:39
  • MDVw

> In reply to regIII @ 2013-01-17 21:25 from wu4V - click to readPlease stop telling that Nokia should make Android phones. Nokia had their OWN Linux based os Meego Harmattan which is/was FAR better than Android.

So instead of sinking in mediocre crapdroid-land they should have stuck with Harmattan and kept Symbian inbetween (and later on for the cheap featurephone replacements).

Now they have nice hardware with yet onother mediocre OS which they have absolutely no voice into whatsoever and hence have nothing of significance to offer or differentiate themselves with.

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  • 2013-01-17 21:35
  • mTnr

All because a certain leechfieldvvigorously defended a flaws n97 duping people to but that stupid fone and get disappointing experience from a nokia product!

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  • 2013-01-17 21:32
  • v0qy

> In reply to zat90s @ 2013-01-17 20:58 from IWcu - click to readyou need a better os with more freedom and capabilities for more advanced hardware!

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  • 2013-01-17 21:31
  • MDVw

Run, everybody run, the ship is sinking !

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  • 2013-01-17 21:29
  • ajNu

nokia should just develop android phones... would have saved a lot of jobs, not to mention make them enough money to get through hard times, at least until the windows phone OS matures enough

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  • 2013-01-17 21:25
  • wu4V

hi nokia,
i and my friend believes you and we trust that you will make the powerful os than androd, ios, bb and others which is now famous for some time.
we believes you "Old Is Gold"
the most popular saying by "hindu purann"
New for 9 days and old for Lifetime..... so u have to achieve goals by developing own os....... best of luck and god bless you. i hope in next 2years you must be world topper........

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  • 2013-01-17 21:11
  • vwes

I don't understand, isn't Lumia line sold well ?

I'm not WP user, but I think Lumia line does its job well, and I might buy one in future (waiting until wp ecosystem grows a bit).

However this kind of layoff make me a re-think again. And I believe it's not just me. Potential buyer and investor might be asking the same.

What's wrong Nokia ?

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  • 2013-01-17 21:07
  • XMiu

I personally believe Nokia will success with their lumia phone... common guys, Nokia just introduce lumia 920 n 820 with dual-core right? so what if they introduce a 5" quad-core wp8 in future? Nokia are well known for The hardware improvement since forever. there still bright future for Nokia.. :)

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  • 2013-01-17 20:58
  • IWcu

> In reply to Kenswiss @ 2013-01-17 20:23 from fu$Z - click to readbecause we care but after elop Sony are the most valuable company with most valuable products!

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  • 2013-01-17 20:34
  • MDVw

> In reply to Kenswiss @ 2013-01-17 20:29 from fu$Z - click to readit means that you lie and that never lags on an armv7 processor while lumia 610 and 510 will lag a lot with apps and even will take time to load settings! while wp7 and even wp8 do not know what true multitasking and freedom are! and even lumia 920 and apple ios apps crash a lot but those two oses won't even tell you while on android you can choose force close, report to google play or wait! android has the ability to tell you to better serve you

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  • 2013-01-17 20:32
  • MDVw

> In reply to Android Man @ 2013-01-17 19:33 from mqMt - click to readit tells me 75% of smartphone users don't know how to choose a lag free phone!

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  • 2013-01-17 20:29
  • fu$Z
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