Ericsson has dropped its plan to cut staff at its Genoa, Italy, office after talks with the Italian government. The Swedish telecom equipment maker had proposed eliminating more than 130 jobs in the city.
The reversal came after Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met with Andrea Missori, chief executive of Ericsson Italia, according to the Italian business daily Il Sole 24 Ore. The talks centered on what the cuts would mean for Genoa's wider business economy.
Under the original plan, Ericsson would have shut down its Genoa Business Area Networks unit entirely and cut part of a separate research and development group that works on advanced network technology. More than 20 employees in the company's cloud software and services segment, known as BCSS, were also on the list.
Italy's industry ministry, known by its initials MIMIT, said Ericsson withdrew the formal redundancy procedure and will instead offer voluntary exit incentives. The reported package is worth four years of salary. The company also plans to try to place affected workers in open jobs at other Ericsson sites in Italy and abroad.
The Chigi Palace, the Italian prime minister's office, called the decision an important step toward resolving the site's difficulties and securing its future.
Ericsson had more than 1,900 employees in Italy as of March 2025, with offices in Milan, Naples, Genoa, Pagani and Pisa. The company had tied the Genoa cuts to an internal restructuring and to what it described as a shrinking Italian telecom market.
