Nokia Siemens Networks, the world's No. 2 maker of mobile telecoms network equipment, and Tellabs unveiled plans to jobs as part of cost-cutting plans. NSN plans to cut approximately 1,200 jobs in Finland and 2,900 in Germany, while Tellabs plans to cut 530 jobs....
Washington, D.C.-based think tank NDN released an economic study showing that the evolution of wireless networks from 2G technologies to 3G technologies created 1.585 million new jobs in the United States between April 2007 and June 2011.
The report, “The Employment Effects of Advances in...
Job growth at the top U.S. wireless operators continues to show strength, mirroring a positive national employment trend as the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today that the nation's unemployment rate dipped to 8.5%, the lowest level in almost three years.
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American businesses hired more workers in November than they have in almost a year, payroll firm ADP reported today, and a survey of job opportunities at wireless device manufacturers in the United States shows that a number of technical jobs have been open for as long as six months, suggesting that demand for engineers is outpacing supply.
A recent study of the Brazilian Association of Information Technology and Communication (Brasscom) shows what was already known: Brazil lacks skilled workers. The country will need an additional 750,000 IT professionals to keep pace with increasing demand, Brasscom says.
Do you know your Identified score? Identified, a startup that is using Facebook data to connect job seekers with employers, launches today after just six weeks in public beta, making the scores of 50 million people public information. An Identified score is based on...
The three most populous states in America each saw significant job growth during the last 12 months, according to data released today by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. California, Texas and New York were the leaders among the 27 states that experienced statistically...
Daily deal site BuyWithMe needs to sell more than coupons to stay afloat -- the company is reportedly on a desperate search for a buyer, and has just laid off 100 employees with no warning and no severance. Employees reportedly knew the company was...
Brazil is creating jobs and keeping its unemployment rate stable this year. But the country may not achieve the government’s goal, which is to create about 3 million new jobs in 2011. From January to the end of August, Brazil has created 1.82 million...
When I think of Steve Jobs, feelings of wonder and absolute awe rush over me. Jobs is without a doubt, the most iconoclastic creative mind of the modern age. If that makes me a fanboy, so be it. If liking Apple...
Job figures in the telecommunications space remained steady in Silicon Valley last month, according to new statistics released by the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Preliminary figures showed telecommunication jobs for the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara area at 5.9 thousand, marginally up from last month’s 5.8....
While many mobile devices makers, such as Apple and Samsung, are seeing record sales and ever-increasing revenues, Canadian firm Research In Motion are in the midst of a pronounced downward slide, which has today seen them announce a management restructuring and large-scale redundancies totalling around 11% of their workforce.
Though this month’s job figures for tech employees in Silicon Valley remained fairly constant, a new report claims the area is in for a whopping 15% employment surge over the next couple of years, though mainly for high skilled jobs.
Workforce development organization, NOVA, based...
Cisco is planning to fire 7000 workers by the end of August, with an additional 3000 taking voluntary resignation according to Bloomberg News.
The massive cuts – representing around 14% of the firm’s entire workforce - follow Cisco’s catastrophic quarterly earnings, which saw the firm’s...
Europe's second-largest phone company Telefónica (TEF) reached an agreement with Spanish labor unions to cut up to 6,500 jobs over the next three years. In its statement, the telecom company explain that the measure aims to ensure the viability and competitiveness in coming years....
The Statesman | May 6, 2011 | Kirk Ladendorf
Altera Corp. said Thursday that it is setting up a semiconductor design center in Austin that it expects will employ "several hundred engineers" within the next few years.
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While Silicon Valley seems to have been recovering steadily from the effects of the economic downturn, some worry the area may be in for a “double dip” as the region saw an unexpected drop in job creation in May.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics...
According to an alliance of IBM Corp. (IBM) workers for the union organization Alliance@IBM, the technology kingpin is slashing jobs across the country, which includes the possibility that Austin will be affected.
The alliance is affiliated with the Communication Workers of America, and alleges that...
The Hindustan | May 26, 2011 | Vivek Sinha
Gung-ho on the phenomenon of ‘cloud computing’, Steve Ballmer, the CEO of software giant Microsoft, said it will help generate 300,000 jobs in India over the next five years. Speaking at a CII event in New Delhi...
The Hindustan | May 26, 2011 | Vivek Sinha
Gung-ho on the phenomenon of ‘cloud computing’, Steve Ballmer, the CEO of software giant Microsoft, said it will help generate 300,000 jobs in India over the next five years. Speaking at a CII event in New Delhi...
Silicon Valley is seeing a tech induced job recovery of late, with the California Employment Development Department noting that every major industry except construction added jobs in March and April 2011.
Social media firms such as Facebook, deal sites like Groupon, Internet giants like Google...
Bloomberg | April 28, 2011 | Mariko Yasu
Panasonic Corp. (6752), the world’s largest maker of plasma televisions, plans to eliminate almost 17,000 jobs over two years as part of an overhaul to restore profitability to levels before the global financial crisis.
The workforce will drop at...
Bloomberg | April 14, 2011 | Manuel Baigorri
Telefonica SA (TEF) may cut its workforce in Spain by about 20 percent within the next three years as the country’s former phone monopoly targets growth in Latin America to make up for declining sales in its home market.
Telefonica,...
Apple is hiring up an army of legal beagles to help it in its fight against other smart phone makers, as the giants of the mobile space begin to slug it out in the International Trade Commission’s courts.
