Microsoft withdraws from fighting for the smartphone market – Onet.pl

The American company announced that it will release 1 850 people, mainly in Finland, and will make the department a copy of smartphones in the amount of $ 950 million. No information is given, the total number of people currently employed in the department.

The representative of the Finnish trade union, told Reuters that exemptions finish definitely works on Microsoft’s new phones.

– In my Windows 10 operating system will, but there will be no new phones – said Kalle Kiili.

The Communication Microsoft said it will continue to lead work on the platform of Windows 10 and continue production of smartphones Lumia, but no information is given, or produce new Windows phones.

Microsoft bought in 2014, was once a leading department Nokia phone for about $ 7.2 billion, but the company failed to rebuild this part of the business, and last year announced write-downs in the amount of $ 7.5 billion and release of 7 800 people.

in the first quarter of this year, the share of Windows smartphones in the global market fell below one percent, as reported by analyst firm Gartner.

In early May, Microsoft had sold guns simpler and cheaper phones for $ 350 million.

the company announced that it will most likely slow down in the Finnish section of mobile phones 1 350 people and eliminate the country’s research and development department. See also without any additional details the information that in other countries, the release will include 500 people.

“focus on the work over the phone, which distinguishes us – said in a statement the president Satya Nadella. – We will continue to innovate in equipment and develop cloud services across all mobile platforms. “

In 2008, the Nokia dominates about 40 percent of global mobile phone industry, a late lost with the development of smartphones with touch screen.

as a result, Nokia and Microsoft released in Finland in 10 years, thousands of workers, and the lack of other jobs has become the main cause of the current economic stagnation of the country.

– We are at the moment very difficult situation … We need to quickly create new jobs – said during a press conference, Minister for the economy Olli Rehn.

Nokia, focusing at the moment its efforts on supplying telecommunications networks, announced last week that it will release in Finland, around a thousand people following the acquisition of Franco-American rival Alcatel Lucent.