Ericsson reported yesterday that the company will be forced to reduce the number of employees in Sweden to 1550. Dismissal of employees subjected to various units throughout most of the country, except for the four communities. Administration, sales, designers, office supplies - cuts in these Ericsson units is unavoidable. In addition, the reduction in the number of hired consultants and temporary employees. Most affected unit dealing network equipment.
Staff reduction is intended to reduce costs and increase operational efficiency. This will ensure the future competitiveness of the company. Of the one thousand people laid off work directly in Stockholm. As of 30 September in Ericsson employed 17,768 people in Sweden. Worldwide staff Ericsson is about 100 000 people.
More than 40% of mobile network traffic these days is through the equipment Ericsson, customers in these networks are about 2.5 billion people. It is hoped that the reforms will not affect the company end-user .