Finnish-German telecoms giant Nokia Siemens has surprised the business world by announcing 17,000 job cuts, representing a very-significant 23 percent of its workforce. Read the full story

Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia has announced that its supply could be disrupted by the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Read the full story

Amid global outcry in the tech world about what has become known as “Antennaegate”, Norway’s largest newspaper claims reported problems with the reception of Apple’s iPhone 4 are a myth. Oslo-based Verdens Gang put the newest Apple handset to the test against Nokia and HTC models in a remote area on the edge of the country’s mobile coverage network, and concluded that the antenna is “just as good and bad as competitors.” Read the full story

Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia has promised to place greater scrutiny on the origin of its raw materials, after accusations that their phones help fund the war in Congo. According to online financial publication Taloussanomat, experts in Finland and the US suspect Nokia of using tin from mines which support Congolese rebel groups in the African country’s ongoing civil war. Read the full story

After starting to recover, Finland’s economy slipped back into recession at the beginning of 2010, according to official figures. Following a decline of 0.2 percent in December 2009, the economy contracted by a further 0.4 percent in the first three months of this year. Read the full story

Telecommunication market analysts have labelled Nokia’s three-year attempt to come up with a suitable rival to the iPhone a failure. Read the full story

A comprehensive electronic surveillance system that was sold by the Nokia Siemens Network Group to Iran is capable of spying on almost all electronic communications, according to its brochure. Read the full story

Long considered solidly rooted in Finland’s local economy, mobile phone giant Nokia has announced another round of job cuts that will affect some 1,700 of its employees across the globe. On 17 March these redundancies will take place, with Finland alone losing at least 700 jobs. Read the full story

It seems it’s now mobile phone maker Nokia’s turn to trim its workforce in a bid to control costs and maintain profitability. The Finnish mobile phone giant is offering a voluntary resignation package along with other voluntary options to encourage its employees to quit in what Nokia calls a “challenging market environment.” Read the full story