Overview
- Multiple Indian outlets, citing Moneycontrol on Friday, reported that Nokia aims to cut up to 14,000 roles, or about 20% of its roughly 74,000 staff.
- Nokia has begun preparing for reductions in India, which employs just over 17,000 people across local, global and common functions.
- The company is changing its India leadership with Samar Mittal becoming country business leader and Vibha Mehra country manager on April 1, 2026, after Tarun Chhabra’s exit.
- Coverage points to overlapping jobs from the 2023 merger of Cloud and Network Services with Mobile Networks, alongside a 15% drop in India Q4 2025 net sales to €393 million.
- Reports also flag potential cuts of about 1,400 roles in parts of Europe, while Nokia’s global headcount has already fallen from about 103,000 in 2018 to roughly 74,100.