Qualcomm slashes jobs in China and Taiwan amid smartphone slump

Move follows client Huawei's release of phones powered with own chips

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U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm is eliminating hundreds of jobs in China and Taiwan in the face of a downturn in the smartphone market and China supplying more of its own chips. © Reuters

CHENG TING-FANG and CISSY ZHOU, Nikkei staff writers

TAIPEI/HONG KONG -- Top U.S. mobile chip developer Qualcomm is cutting hundreds of staff in both China and Taiwan, in a move that signals a longer-than-expected industry downturn and slow recovery.

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