At least 2,000 workers at Nordic Telecoms giant TeliaSonera staged a five-day walk out this week, over proposed job cuts in the company, telecoms conference delegates may be interested to hear.

Thousands of staff left their posts for the strike on Wednesday, in union-planned strike action staged in response to company proposals to shed 800 jobs after profits fell marginally below target, despite increasing by 13 per cent, the Press Association reported.

Bosses at TeliaSonera said that the strike action would have little effect on the day-to-day running of the company, despite the large number of staff who have ‘downed tools’. Most of the mobile shops are still open.

Commenting on the annual report for 2010 TeliaSonera president Lars Nyberg, said: "2010 was a successful year for TeliaSonera."

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