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The Finnish telco currently employs close to 90,000 people
The manufacturer is cutting around 3,000 jobs including a fifth of positions in its handset business in China
Latest round of cuts to be completed by July 2017 at a cost of $950 million
Union claims broadband provider has a history of promising investment but cutting jobs and outsourcing roles
Broadband provider will make cuts over next two years as part of a group organisation
Roles to be cut in its smartphone division as Microsoft becomes the latest company to reportedly show interest in acquiring it
The cull is one of several drastic changes Sony will make this year as it aims to reduce yearly fixed costs by 100 billion yen (£597 million)
The job cuts are part of the mobile manufacturer’s plan to return to profitability by reducing spend on legacy technologies and shifting focus to next generation technologies such as 4G
The manufacturer will reduce its handset portfolio from six to four devices as it refocuses on the enterprise and ‘prosumer’ (professional consumer) market
The reductions will happen in waves until the end of the year and affect all departments, say sources cited by the Wall Street Journal