Brazil's information and communications technology companies are facing a shortage of skilled labor. As RCR Wireless News reported previously, in January alone there were about 1,000 open ICT positions in the country.
The telecommunications market is also heating up, boosted by data consumption growth and the...
Google will lay off another 1,200 Motorola Mobility employees, or 10% of the company's remaining workforce. The cuts will impact workers in the United States, China and India. They are in addition to the 4,000 cuts announced last August after Google completed its $12.5...
With less than three months to go until graduation, many college students are hard at work fine tuning their resumes and scheduling job interviews. And companies from across the mobile ecosystem are busy recruiting.
"We hire a lot of people right out of college,"...
As the world's largest chipmaker shifts its product line to win more business from mobile device makers, it is also shifting leadership at the top. The latest word on Intel's search for a new CEO is a report that the firm has hired executive...
Several Brazilian companies have chosen to invest in employee training to deal with the lack of technically skilled job applicants. This strategy has also been used to reduce employee turnover, another serious concern for information and communications technology (ICT) companies.
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Dish Networks (DISH) plans to close 300 more Blockbuster stores and could lay off as many as 3,000 people, according to the Wall Street Journal. The satellite tv service provider acquired Blockbuster's U.S. business out of bankruptcy in 2010, and has been eliminating retail...
Brazil has a huge shortage of information and communications technology (ICT) professionals. There are many reasons for the shortage including: universities graduating fewer people than enterprises need; professionals migrating from the telecom industry to the construction sector when it was booming; a lack of...
The Brazilian telecommunications market is heating up, boosted by data consumption growth and the start of LTE implementation, and it is having a direct effect on the labor market. More professionals are needed. However, like the shortage in the IT sector, telecom companies may...
Nokia (NOK) detailed today what it says will be the last of the 10,000 job cuts announced last June. The latest cuts affect 300 workers in the company's IT division. Nokia will also transfer up to 820 employees to HCL Technologies and TATA Consultancy...
Brazilian information technology companies have an ongoing problem: how to fill vacant professional IT positions that remain open year after year. Essentially, the country’s universities and technical schools are graduating fewer professionals than the market requires. And the information and communications technology (ICT) sector...
German software giant SAP AG has named former Latin America and Caribbean region president, Rodolpho Cardenuto, the president of a combined Americas region, which also includes North America. He will report to Robert Enslin, president of global field operations and an SAP board member.
Cardenuto's...
Another change has come to the c-level team at NII Holdings, which operates under the Nextel brand in Latin America. The company announced that Steven Shindler, currently the chairman of the board, will take on the additional position of interim CEO effective immediately. Shindler...
An estimated 175,000 military personnel are coming off active duty over the next 12 months, and most of them will be looking for jobs. Many veterans have skill sets and experiences that can translate well in the wireless industry; the key for these people...
NII Holdings, which operates under the Nextel brand across Latin America, dismissed the president of its Brazilian operations, Sergio Borges Chaia. The company noted that NII's COO Gokul Hemmady, current Nextel Brazil COO Claudio Hidalgo and the "local leadership team" will oversee the unit's...
NII Holdings (NIHD), which operates under the Nextel brand in Latin America, is facing hard times. The company, which recently delayed the launch of its 3G services across Latin America markets, announced it will cut about 20% of its workforce at its headquarters in...
While analysts debate the causes and cures for tepid job growth in America, wireless service providers and infrastructure companies are busy with their own plans for job growth. AT&T is trying to hire 100 new engineers a year, according to David Brandvold, vice president...
As major wireless employers fight for the best technical talent, they are learning that the traditional career paths of communications companies don't always work for the most dedicated engineers. Managerial responsibilities may not be a priority for those who want to devote their careers...
The global phenomenon of big data could create 4.4 million IT jobs worldwide by 2015, of which 1.9 million will be in the United States, according to Peter Sondergaard, Gartner's senior vice president and global head of research. As Sondergaard explained, every big data-related...
While many Americans are struggling to keep or hold their jobs, those with the right training have their pick of positions with carriers racing to roll out LTE networks, infrastructure companies building those networks, and manufacturers competing to be first with devices that leverage...
With the newest iPhone now on board the LTE train and carriers racing to expand their LTE reach, network upgrades are accelerating and job opportunities are plentiful for engineers and technicians with the right skill sets. "Some of the hottest positions in AT&T Mobility...
Hewlett-Packard said it plans to cut 2,000 more jobs than the 27,000 cuts announced last May, bringing the total number of cuts to 29,000. The company said it will lay off workers in a restructuring effort aimed at saving up to $3.5 billion per...
Sony Corp. is taking control of its mobile business. The consumer electronics giant says it will axe 1,000 jobs and move its mobile business unit from Sweden to Japan.
