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Ericsson to axe hundreds of jobs in China after losing 5G contracts - report

Thursday 21 October 2021 | 07:37 CET | News
Ericsson plans to axe hundreds of jobs in China after losing market share during the recent awards of 5G contracts. These planned job cuts will affect only staff working in local-market sales and delivery functions, Light Reading repots, without citing sources. Several hundred jobs are expected to be at risk out of Ericsson's total workforce in China which currently includes around 10,000 employees.

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Categories: Mobile & Wireless
Companies: China Mobile / China Telecom / China Unicom / Ericsson / Huawei / ZTE
Countries: China
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