Nokia to lay off 285 people in Finland

Beijing time February 8 Evening News, according to foreign media reports, Nokia announced in Monday, will lay off 285 people in Finland.　　Nokia is now cutting costs and making operations smoother. Last November, Nokia cut 550 employees in its research and development departments in Japan, Denmark and Finland. Nokia has a total of 17,000 employees worldwide. Nokia said the latest round of layoffs was to "increase production speed and efficiency in the fast-growing smartphone market".　　Nokia has a total of 2,200 employees in the Finnish Salo department. Nokia will introduce specialized new production methods in the factory. "Salo is an important part of Nokia's global production network," said Juha Putkiranta, spokesman for Nokia's marketing department, Zhu Ha Putkilanda. Our goal is to ensure that the plant's future competitiveness and unique position to better adapt to the production of high-value mobile phones. Nokia said it hoped the Salo plant would "focus on the High-value smartphone market, especially in the European market". Nokia last month announced its global smartphone market share of more than 40%, up from 35% in the previous quarter. (D-Gold)