The Finnish mobile phone manufacturer Nokia announced Thursday that it plans to cut 3,700 jobs in Finland and up to 10,000 positions worldwide by the end of 2013 to save costs.

Nokia aims to chop expenditures by some 1.6 billion euros ($2 billion) by the end of 2013.

The company will close its plant in Salo, Southwest Finland, except for its product development unit, with a loss of 850 jobs.

At a press conference held at Nokia headquarters in Espoo on Thursday, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop said he was very sorry for the current situation. He pledged that the company's most important product development work and headquarters will remain in Finland.

Nokia's adjustment program also includes reorganization of its leadership team. Three executive vice presidents are to depart.

In addition, as part of the changes, Nokia is also selling its Vertu luxury phone unit to Swedish private equity firm EQT.

Shares of Nokia dipped well below 2 euros Thursday on the Helsinki Exchange following the job-cut announcement, from a peak of some 65 euros in 2000.

The Finnish government met on Thursday afternoon to discuss developments at Nokia. Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen said that taking care of those affected was essential and that Finland must not flinch from its long-term aid to promote growth.

滬江英語(yǔ)快訊：近日，諾基亞總部召開(kāi)記者發(fā)布會(huì)，宣布將在2013年之前全球范圍內(nèi)裁員萬(wàn)人以縮減16億歐元開(kāi)支，這一舉動(dòng)也會(huì)波及中國(guó)地區(qū)。曾在手機(jī)也叱咤風(fēng)云的老大如今也到了改朝換代的時(shí)候，不知道諾基亞能否迎來(lái)第二春。

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除了宣布裁員之外，諾基亞還將調(diào)整管理層（7月1日起生效），新管理團(tuán)隊(duì)如下：

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——蒂莫·托坎寧出任手機(jī)執(zhí)行副總裁

——克里斯·韋伯出任銷售和營(yíng)銷執(zhí)行副總裁

——圖拉·雷帝拉出任高級(jí)副總裁兼首席營(yíng)銷官

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—— 原手機(jī)業(yè)務(wù)執(zhí)行副總裁瑪麗·麥克道威爾

—— 原市場(chǎng)業(yè)務(wù)執(zhí)行副總裁尼可拉斯·薩瓦德