Back in May, Microsoft announced its plans to streamline their smartphone business. Microsoft anticipated that this move will impact up to 1,850 jobs worldwide, up to 1,350 of which are in Finland. Today, Microsoft confirmed that as per their previous plan, they will cut 1,350 jobs. Some employees were offered a job at Microsoft HQ in Redmond and various other Microsoft locations as part of negotiations.
Microsoft recently said that they will continue to update and support the current Lumia and OEM partner phones, and develop great new devices.