Nokia to cut 220 R&D jobs in Japan

TechCrunch submits: By Robin Wauters

The world's largest mobile phone maker Nokia said Thursday it planned to cut 3,500 jobs in Romania, Germany and the United States by the end of 2012."Nokia plans to close its manufacturing facilities in Cluj, Romania, by the end of 2011 ... and plans to close its (locations and commerce development) operations in Bonn, Germany and Malvern, US," by the end of next year, the Finnish company said in a statement.These cuts are in addition to the 4,000 job cuts and 3,000 outsourced jobs the company announced in April as part of a massive restructuring effort.

One week after mobile giant Nokia slashed 330 jobs in its Research and Development center in Finland, the world's leading cell phone maker has announced that it is to cut a further 220 jobs in its Japanese R&D activities.

MONACO (Reuters) - Nokia Oyj , the world's biggest mobile phone maker, said on Tuesday it would reduce investment in creating new services, helping it to cut further 450 jobs.

HELSINKI (Reuters) - With the latest round of job cuts announced this week Nokia�

Finland's Nokia, one of the world's biggest mobile phone makers, announced Thursday that it planned to cut up to 10,000 jobs by the end of next year due to massive additional cost-savings measures."These planned reductions are a difficult consequence of the intended actions we believe we must take to ensure Nokia's long-term competitive strength," company chief executive Stephen Elop said in a statement.Nokia was earlier this year bumped from the world's biggest mobile phone maker spot it had held for 14 years.