Finnish vendor Nokia is poised to cut 121 jobs in Finland.

Helsingin Sanomat reported last week that the company has notified employees about the planned cuts in its home market.

Of the jobs set to be cut, 63 will be in Espoo, 11 are based in Tampere, while a maximum of 50 jobs will go in Oulu, where the vendor opened a new research lab in September.

In total, Nokia employs 6,600 people in Finland. This has included the hiring of 1,800 people in the last few years.

The employees set to be affected by the planned cuts will be notified by April 22. Nokia had initially set out to cut 156 roles, but scaled down that number following negotiations.

The emergence of AI has been noted as the cause of the layoffs as part of Nokia's plans to streamline its workforce.

“We strive to reduce fragmentation at the team level, align our operations to meet market needs, and streamline our operations by utilizing the opportunities brought by digitalization and artificial intelligence more than before,” Mikko Hautala, director of geopolitics and public relations, Nokia, wrote to employees in February.

The layoffs are part of a wider number announced by Nokia back in 2023, when the vendor revealed plans to axe 14,000 jobs by 2026 in an effort to reduce costs and save between €800 million ($935m) and €1.2 billion ($1.4bn).

Those cuts have impacted Nokia's workforce across Europe, North America, and China.