More than 20,000 are expected to take part in a demonstration to protest a decision by Finnish telecommunication giant Nokia to close down its plant in the west German city of Bochum, news reports said Saturday.

“Nokia’s definite decision to shut down the Bochum plant to locate to Romania has sparked countrywide anger and calls for a total boycott of Nokia mobile phones.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has also voiced sympathy with popular demands for a boycott.

German television has reported about mass protests of Nokia cell phone users who have either given up or have thrown away their mobile phones.”