[toomuchtodo]

> At least this cut seems to mostly affect Managed Services. That is the division that basically manages telcos networks for them. It was a big growth area a couple of years ago, but turned out to be very low margin.

Is it possible these telcoms will hire some of these Ericsson Managed Services folks to run their networks? I mean, someone has to manage the network.

[heisenbit]

At least in theory these networks have become more efficient to manage. For example the fixed and mobile networks often share the same core these days. Also likely Ericsson had to promise efficiency gains when taking over the business. Last but not least as a network equipment provider Ericsson has more interest in managing the networks and maintaining a big footprint than making profit from doing so. Their core business is selling equipment.