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iksplusipsilon Posts: 303

"Sony Ericsson has yet to make this public, but we've learned that the flagging handset maker has caved once
more to the pressures of the modern phone market place. If you'll recall, 450 employees were nixed from the
company's payrolls in September of last year, and now the entire Research Triangle Park facility is being shuttered.
In an internal announcement made this morning, SE is fixing to close four total sites: RTP in North Carolina, a
smaller Miami facility and operations in Kista (Sweden) and Chennai. All told, 2,000 employees will be
trimmed, with severance packages being offered to those who qualify. As of now, the departing individuals
have yet to be chosen, with employees in RTP given the opportunity to apply for jobs elsewhere (likely in
Atlanta or California)..."

http://www.engadget.com/2009/[....]ties-laying-off-2-000-employee

[ This Message was edited by: theos on 2009-11-18 16:10 ]

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Posted: 2009-11-18 17:09:54
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Bonovox Posts: > 500

Oh dear not good

though guess it was bound to happen. Ericsson are also cutting 700 jobs in Coventry West Midlands
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Posted: 2009-11-18 17:16:28
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spiid Posts: 91

sigh...
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Posted: 2009-11-18 17:17:46
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McKinley Posts: > 500

One guy from mobile-review.com forum is probably going to celebrate this grave news with a party.
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Posted: 2009-11-18 17:39:22
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Arne Anka Posts: > 500

In Kista Sweden 130 will have to go (announced today) due to the global restructuring program started last year, which comprises 2000 employees. It will be completed in the middle of next year.

Source (in Swedish):

http://di.se/Nyheter/?page=/A[....]3DITTelekom%3BITTelekomNyheter
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Posted: 2009-11-18 20:18:58
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hihihans Posts: > 500

Cutting down on research ? So now we'll be stuck on A200 and Android ? Or is that development ? Anyway it's bad.

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Posted: 2009-11-19 00:26:15
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domipost Posts: > 500

If we may believe Eldar, A3 development is going to be stopped in Q2 (I think) and Android will get more resources. But I hope they will keep at least one of the other platforms

But, they will reposition the whole brand (actually already started with that with the EU-line, hopper invasion, UX-platform etc.) and I can imagine that they will cut some OSs with that too

I think they should invest full on A3 (with touch!) and Android and have to keep WinMo as a business alternative with phones once or twice a year. Symbian is to similar to Android, but loses on every point from it.
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Posted: 2009-11-19 00:31:05
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mode Posts: > 500

I hope they don't pool their resources and assasinate Miles Flynt for this

*edit*
But then again, come to think of it...hmm..

[ This Message was edited by: mode on 2009-11-19 06:48 ]

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Posted: 2009-11-19 03:06:16
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Tsepz_GP Posts: > 500

id hate to see how many people in total have lost jobs over the last 18months at SE

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Posted: 2009-11-19 12:17:30
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se_dude Posts: > 500

@gucci- Well, this restructuring and cost cutting program was announced a a year back by SE.Total 2000 employees, over the last year and till mid 2010.
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Posted: 2009-11-19 13:10:17
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