Industry analysts note that the growth potential of the smartphone market exhausts itself, and quarterly reports of individual producers are obvious proof of this. Reduce costs and staff restructuring and the search for the optimal market strategy - these questions are not removed from the agenda of many smartphones manufacturers .
Reuters has reported that Microsoft has in the framework of the decision on the "write-off legacy Nokia" and optimize staffing intends to close the factory for the production of mobile phones in the Finnish town of Salo. Work should lose 2,800 people. Recall that Microsoft will lay off 7,500 employees worldwide, primarily engaged in activities related to smartphones. Two more Microsoft enterprise in Finland, located in Espoo and Tampere, will continue to function.
The site DigiTimes reported this week that the Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC may not be limited to the recently announced reduction of staff by 15%. In addition, the company has decided to sell his business to local manufacturers in Shanghai.