Nokia is to transfer up to 820 IT staff to outsourcing partners HCL Technologies Ltd. and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. and cut up to 300 IT jobs as part of the restructuring of its back office operations, the Finnish mobile giant announced Thursday morning. Most of the staff affected are based in Finland. The move is part of the companywide revamp announced in June 2012. (See Nokia Cuts 10,000 Jobs, Restructures.)
Middle East powerhouse Etisalat has submitted a "preliminary expression of interest" to buy Vivendi's 53 percent stake in Maroc Telecom. Etisalat says the move is "consistent with our stated strategy of selective expansion in our core MENA markets and would complement our existing operations in Sub-Saharan Africa."
Swedish operator Tele2 could face a carve-up of its Russian business, Reuters reports, citing Russia's Vedomosti newspaper. The report, which claimed that Garsdale (an investment vehicle owned by billionaire Alisher Usmanov) was proposing to buy Tele2's assets and divide them up between MegaFon, VimpelCom Ltd. and Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (MTS), has been dismissed by Garsdale's CEO as "inaccurate."
In a week that has seen the collapse of three major U.K. retail chains, namely HMV, Blockbuster and Jessops, it seems sales of tablets are providing one of the few bright spots in what is a very gloomy picture on Britain's high streets. Dixons, which owns electrical retailer Currys and PC World, reported "phenomenal" sales of the go-to gadgets, though the low margins on them didn't do a lot for its bottom line.
— Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, Light Reading
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