The talent shortage in Silicon Valley only seems to be getting worse. Following a series of high-profile departures from Google (mostly in the direction of Facebook), and talks of some big-money deals going on in an effort to retain staff. There was a story going round (completely unconfirmed, of course) that Google gave a senior engineer $3.5million in stock to stop them leaving for Facebook.
While 64% of Americans have broadband access, and the majority of Americans who don't have it say they don't want it, there is no one-size-fits-all approach to closing the gap in the digital divide, according to the federal government, which said it just completed...
There is no slowdown in the demand for mobile application programmers, according to the most recent online jobs report from Elance, an online jobsite that connects businesses with freelancers. The company said iPhone programmers moved up five positions in the third quarter, breaking into...
Assurance Wireless cited the dismal employment statistics in Mississippi as it launched its subsidized wireless service in the state, the 12th state where the Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) subsidiary is offering service. Mississippi has the highest number of people living in poverty. More than...
The Dow Jones Industrial Average crossed the 11,000-point mark for the first time since May on Friday as investors gained confidence the Federal Reserve would continue to support the economy amid bleak employment numbers from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Two segments that...
SAN FRANCISCO – The closing keynote at this year’s CTIA Entertainment & Applications event was a compelling case of the impact the mobile industry can have for a broad range of enterprises, though that impact could be bad news for the nation’s unemployment rate.John...
Although overall employment in the computer and electronics products sector was down 11,200 jobs year over year, employment in the semiconductor subsector actually grew by 4,400 jobs year to year. In fact, employment in the semiconductor space has been trending up since the beginning...
Demand for specific mobile technology skills has been steadily climbing as businesses look for developers who can write for the iPhone, Android and BlackBerry applications, according to job information released earlier this month from Elance, an online jobsite that connects businesses with freelancers.Job categories...
Telecom Unemployment Rate
The telecommunications sector lost 49,500 jobs from July 2009 to July 2010, including 5,800 jobs lost from June to July of this year. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 919,400 jobs in the sector in July.
The computer and electronics products segment...
Fresh off its agreement to buy Motorola Inc.'s networks business, Nokia Siemens Networks said it will build Harbinger Capital Partners' LTE network in an eight-year deal valued at $7 billion, marking NSN's biggest North American contract and the largest outsourcing deal in the United...
The telecommunications segment continues to lose jobs, declining 2,300 from May to June, and a whopping 47,100 jobs from June 2009 to June 2010. Employment in the wireless subsector was down 2,700 jobs from May 2009 to May 2010, the latest figures available from...
Verizon Wireless said it is hiring 200 customer care and technical support representiatives at its Henrietta, N.Y., call center to handle local and nationwide customer service inquiries.“As our customer base grows and the devices and services they use become more sophisticated, providing an outstanding...
While it's clear that regulatory changes are coming to broadband services and perhaps their mobile counterparts, trying to navigate which ones will spur investment and innovation is like trying to pick the right lottery numbers. There are too many combinations to make anyone who...
The telecommunications sector had 4,600 fewer jobs in May than in April, employing 929,500 positions in May. However, the year-over-year employment figures show a loss of 47,800 jobs since May 2009 – a nearly 4.9% increase, according to new U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics....
The unemployment rate ticked up to 8.7% in the telecommunications sector in April, following the national unemployment rate, which also rose to 9.9%, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.The telecommunications sector lost 6,700 jobs from March to April, according to recent figures. A...
A new report studying the impact of newly proposed network neutrality regulations warns that as many as 1.5 million jobs could be lost by the end of the decade if the Federal Communications Commission implements the regulations.
The study, called "The Employment and Economic Impacts...
The unemployment rate in the telecommunications sector stood at 8.5% in March, better than the overall unemployment rate of 9.7%, according to the most recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. However, the figures can be misleading as the unemployment rate dropped...
Editor's Note:This article is an excerpt from RCR Wireless News' March Special Edition, “The Perfect Storm – A Focus on Mobile Messaging, Marketing, Content and Apps.” The 80-page special edition will be available next week at RCRWireless.com.. To say America's labor force is...
As the U.S. economy struggles to recover from the worst recession since the 1930s with the unemployment rate hovering around 10 percent, the federal government is understandably focused on policies that could create jobs. At the same time, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is...
About 3,800 fewer people were employed in February vs. January in the telecommunications sector, but because the numbers are seasonally adjusted, the unemployment rate declined .2 percentage points to 8.6%, according to preliminary figures from the U.S. Department of Labor. Average hourly earnings in...
Demand for mobile development grew 180% in 2009, fueled by the successes of the Apple and Android operating systems, according to Elance, an online talent marketplace for freelance computer programmers and other digital talent. Web development is the leading subcategory in the space, with...
Employment in the wireless carrier sector ticked up by 1,400 jobs in December, according to the most recent U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics, but average weekly earnings for wireless carrier employees dropped by $1.10 to $854.83 in December. About 4,300 jobs were lost in...
The wireless sector probably didn’t fare as poorly as some industries in 2009, but nevertheless, telecom companies and individual employees felt the pain of the recession. The outlook for 2010 promises to be better as wireless carriers get ready to build out new networks,...
