Yes, I guess I mixed up the two entities. But it seems to be consistent across the group as Nokia this week announced a projected "co-determination talks affecting some 7,000 employees worldwide" and the aim to reduce operating expenses by 1 million Euro.<div>
<br></div><div><a href="http://www.hs.fi/english/article/WEDNESDAY+Nokia+announces+job+reductions+and+outsourcing+of+7000+employees+worldwide/1135265686076">http://www.hs.fi/english/article/WEDNESDAY+Nokia+announces+job+reductions+and+outsourcing+of+7000+employees+worldwide/1135265686076</a></div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Nokia+seeks+to+soften+blow+of+job+cuts/1135265715980">http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Nokia+seeks+to+soften+blow+of+job+cuts/1135265715980</a></div><div><br></div>
<div>What I find interesting though, is their strategy of hiving off some personnel to Accenture in what seems like a move to heavily outsource personnel from Accenture in India, Great Britain, China, Finland and the USA.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Brian<br><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 9:04 AM, Njoroge Tito <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:titonjoroge@gmail.com">titonjoroge@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div>Brian,</div><div><br></div>Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) are slightly separate entities. Nokia does the mobile phone business (selling phones to end users) while NSN is concerned with telco network infrastructure.<div>
<br></div><div>My understanding is that this affects the Nokia office, not NSN. I stand to be corrected though..</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Titus<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On 30 November 2011 21:06, Brian Munyao Longwe <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:blongwe@gmail.com" target="_blank">blongwe@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div><br></div>Might be part of the "global restructuring" announced last week in which they plan to lay off 17,000 staff by 2013 - and <span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:georgia;font-size:14px;line-height:19px">"realign its business to focus on mobile broadband (including optical), customer experience management and services." From the Business Daily article it sounds like it's not only the CEO who's "resigned".</span><div>
<br></div><div><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/23/nokia-siemens-to-cut-17-000-jobs-as-part-of-global-restructuring/" target="_blank">http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/23/nokia-siemens-to-cut-17-000-jobs-as-part-of-global-restructuring/</a></div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Brian<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div>On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 3:58 PM, Dennis Kioko <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dmbuvi@gmail.com" target="_blank">dmbuvi@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div></div><div>It also came as a shock to me , seeing the push with which Nokia staff has been working with to push their devices in the region. As foster says, Samsung and other manufacturers are pushing for Nokia's stake, and I wonder how a Sales office will tackle the likes of Tecno who have branded whole streets in downtown Nairobi. <br>
<br>Blackberry is also in the process of establishing a local office.<br><br>SonyEricsson and Motorola have pulled out from region with the former now trying to make inroads back. <br>
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