Microsoft is cutting 1850 jobs and will book a $US950 million ($A1.32 billion) writedown as the company continues its attempts to salvage a rocky entrance into the smartphone market.
The company acquired Nokia's phone business in 2014, seeking to capitalise on the fast-growing industry, but by last year it was slashing the value of that business and eliminated 26,000 jobs.
The bulk of the jobs cuts announced on Wednesday, up to 1350 positions - are at Microsoft Mobile Oy in Finland. There will also be up to 500 additional jobs trimmed worldwide. Microsoft had 117,354 employees globally at the end of its last fiscal year.
Microsoft hopes to complete most of the "streamlining" by year's end.
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