Nokia co-operated with SOMO, sharing information and answering a series of queries in relation to their report. Unfortunately the final report still included significant errors in its claims about Nokia. Many of the factories said to be supplying Nokia were not, and its findings about working practices in Nokia’s factories in India were inaccurate. Nokia finds it unfortunate that a report on such an important area contained so many errors.
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