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Sony to slash smartphone workforce 50% by 2020

Fierce 5G competition and poor sales see company retreat from once booming sector

Sony's share of the global smartphone market stands at less than 1%.   © Reuters
| Japan

TOKYO -- Sony is cutting up to half its smartphone workforce as sales shrink in the face of stiff global competition.

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