Microsoft to stop making smartphones, union says

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Microsoft to stop making smartphones, union says

Microsoft announced May 25 it would let go up to 1,850 employees and a Finnish union called it the end of the company’s smartphone manufacturing business, bought from Finnish telecom equipment maker Nokia. Microsoft “will not be manufacturing (phone) devices, at least for the time being. It will do software, however,” said Microsoft’s chief shop steward in Finland, Kalle Kiili. Microsoft said the move would result in “an impairment and restructuring charge of approximately $950 million” (852.6 million euros) for the company.

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