Sony rumoured to be cutting its smartphone division in half by 2020

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It isn’t exactly a secret that Sony’s smartphone business isn’t doing so well. And it seems that’ll affect the structure of the company’s mobile division. Nikkei Asian Review reports that Sony is reportedly planning to cut half of its smartphone workforce by 2020. The layoffs could leave as many as 2,000 people without a job. However, it’s expected that Sony might transfer some of these workers to other divisions. This won’t be the first time Sony has done this. They laid off 2,000 employees back in 2009 after closing four facilities where smartphones were produced. It then took out 1,000 more jobs in 2015 due to underwhelming earnings.

Source: Engadget