Nokia Siemens Network will fire 17,000 employees

The company Nokia Siemens Network announced a global restructuring and optimization of business. One result of this process should be cut 17 000 jobs worldwide. The claimed purpose of restructuring is the desired concentration of the company's efforts to provide mobile broadband access (including optical), implementing the results of experience of clients and services. For this company Nokia Siemens Network plans to reduce operating expenses and total cost of one billion euros, and about a quarter to reduce the number of employees - both of them will reach the end of 2013. In some countries, the company is going to make staff reductions are not yet known, but the dismissal of nearly every fifth worker explained officially as follows: "The planned reductions are expected to be driven by the need to link workforce with a new company strategy, and based on a wide range of measures to increase productivity and efficiency. These planned activities will include removal of the matrix organizational structure, the consolidation of manufacturing facilities, the transfer of logistics in the global delivery centers, consolidation of certain central functions, cost synergies from the integration of the assets of Motorola, the efficiency of maintenance operations, as well as the overall simplification of processes for the company. "