Microsoft
is to cut up to 18,000 jobs marking the deepest cuts in the technology firm's
39-year history.
The
bulk of the cuts, around 12,500, will be in its phone unit Nokia, which
Microsoft bought in April, the firm said.
Microsoft
pledged to cut $600m (£350.8m) per year in costs within 18 months of closing
the acquisition.
The
cuts are much more severe than the 6,000 initially expected.
Chief
executive officer Satya Nadella, who took the helm in February, wants
