Broadcom CEO Scott McGregor spoke with RCR Wireless News during the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas about Broadcom's Wi-Fi initiatives. While this was clearly one of the event’s top stories, McGregor’s comments about hiring and investing caught our attention as well.
"Last year...
If someone describes their workplace as a zoo, you might not envision a productive, innovative startup that's been chosen by AdAge as one of the five best places to work in America. But DataXu (pronounced Data Zoo) appears to have captured all the energy...
Nokia on Wednesday announced planned changes at its smartphone manufacturing factories in Komarom (Hungary - 2300 jobs), Reynosa (Mexico - 700 jobs) and Salo (Finland - 1000 jobs), thereby impacting 4000 jobs by the end of 2012.
A new study, released by a bipartisan policy and political network of technology CEOs that promotes the growth of the innovation economy, shows that there are now roughly 466,000 jobs in the "App Economy" in the US, up from zero in 2007.
HSPA and LTE connections will be key drivers of mobile connection growth in Latin America, with total connections expected to hit 750 million connections by 2015 and an average penetration rate of 122%, according to a new report from the GSMA.
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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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UPDATED: After nearly nine months, AT&T has said it will drop its $39 billion acquisition attempt of T-Mobile USA. The carrier cited recent acts by the Department of Justice and Federal Communications Commission to block the deal in ending the acquisition attempt.
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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reassured the telecom industry today that his government is fully committed to sustaining growth, creativity and enterprise in a "vitally important" sector of the country's economy.
The unemployment rate in Central Texas slipped to 7.1% in October, down from 7.5% the month before. The news points to a significantly brighter jobs outlook in Austin than in Texas overall, where the unemployment rate is 8%. (The national unemployment rate now stands...
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.
It is not a secret that the current macroeconomic conditions do not present a favorable outlook for...
The telecommunications sector lost 2,600 jobs in November, according to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics report. The government agency noted that the telecommunications subsector employed 841,300 people in November, down from the 843,900 reported for October.
While the telecom sector is still up from...
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.
Leading professional networking website LinkedIn has opened a research and development unit in Bangalore, the first center of its kind outside its headquarters in Mountain View, Calif.
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...
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.
Over the past two decades, I’ve seen many telecom companies define their geographic reach as encompassing the...
With Brazil growing into prosperity, is the country of the future finally arriving? Yes, say experts, but Brazil must make more progress to become more competitive.
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...
"The draft policy aims to provide to the people of India, secure, reliable, affordable and high quality converged telecommunication services anytime, anywhere," the policy document states.
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...
D Shivakumar, the current Managing Director and Vice President for Nokia India, has been elevated to head of Nokia's business throughout Africa and Middle East, a roster of around 90 countries. Â This move consolidates Nokia's markets into four distinct blocks -Â Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific (including...
