WASHINGTON-The Communications Workers of America said it reached a tentative agreement with Cingular Wireless L.L.C. on a new contract covering 5,300 workers 15 states and several provinces of Canada. CWA said the accord provides for a wage increase of 11 percent for Cingular workers...
NEW YORK-Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. are offering a number of top executives bonuses if they stay with the carriers following their $35 billion acquisition, set to close later this year. Sprint said all executive officers-excluding Gary Forsee, chairman, and Len Lauer, president-would...
WASHINGTON-Deutsche Telecom and T-Mobile officials in Germany assert the 100 unionized technicians fired by subsidiary T-Mobile USA Inc. are not protected because the action was an asset deal in which technical infrastructure was acquired by the Bellevue, Wash.-based mobile-phone carrier. In a Nov. 12...
WASHINGTON—A federal judge in Chicago has decided to reconsider an employment discrimination lawsuit against Cingular Wireless L.C.C. that was thrown out of court two weeks ago.In addition to U.S. District Judge Paul E. Plunkett’s decision to review his Sept. 9 ruling, the court has...
WASHINGTON-A new report funded by the Communications Workers of America shows U.S. high-technology workers still face chronic unemployment and a serious jobs deficit despite an economic recovery being declared three years ago.The report, titled "America's High-Tech Bust" and conducted by the Center for Urban...
The economy has begun to rebound, but recovery in the job market remains elusive, and information technology industries in particular continue to report cuts. "Given the non-cyclical factors that have influenced the IT labor market, it is unclear how soon unemployment rates for workers...
High-tech employment totaled 6 million jobs in 2002, down from 6.5 million in 2001.High-tech manufacturing declined by 233,000 jobs in 2002. High-tech services employment declined by 306,500 jobs, dropping by:c 145,500 in communication services,c 146,200 in software andc 14,800 in engineering and tech services....
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates-Wireless technologies are expected to dominate the voice, data and Internet service markets in Iraq, according to a new study from research firm IDC. According to IDC, GSM will substitute fixed-line services, and VSAT, wireless local area network, broadband fixed wireless,...
Wireless expertise is in high demand in the information technology job sector, according to Mark Stenberg, career training and management expert at Career Center, the largest computer training school in New York City.Career Center, which specializes in IT training and certification, has experienced an...
ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. and Sprint Corp. selected former FBI and CIA director William Webster to mediate the ongoing dispute between the two telecommunications providers concerning the future of current BellSouth vice chairman Gary Forsee.BellSouth is trying to prevent Forsee from joining Sprint Corp., which is...
PHILADELPHIA-BellSouth Corp. asked an appeals court to overturn a ruling voiding a clause in current Vice Chairman Gary Forsee's employment contract that would make it easier for him to accept the chief executive officer position at rival telecommunications company Sprint Corp.BellSouth is trying to...
WELLESLEY, Mass.-The Mobile Confidence Index developed by Mobile Ecosystem projects the wireless industry downturn will continue through at least the first half of this year.The index tracks 13 leading wireless indicators across several categories, including financial, industry performance, marketing, advertising, employment and innovation metrics....
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Following the success of the Make a Connection program in South Africa during 2001, the Youth Development Trust and Nokia announced the launch of the second phase of the initiative. Last year, more than 50 percent of graduates completing the program were...
TOKYO—Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. said that 10,000 of its workers have applied for early retirement because the company plans to do away with guaranteed lifetime employment.The applicants, who amount to 10 percent of the staff, had until November 30 to apply when the...
REDMOND, Washington, United States—AT&T Wireless Services said in its third-quarter earnings report that it has decided to exit the fixed wireless business during the next several months. AT&T Wireless said when it became an independent company earlier this year, its fixed wireless business had...
108,159.It's quite a large number.It's also the sum of a brief scan through RCR Wireless News headlines from the past few months, headlines detailing job cuts carried out by some of the world's largest telecommunications companies. It is by no means a total and...
The board of directors of Sprint Corp. formally amended a stock-option plan allowing accelerated vesting of stock options upon shareholder approval of a merger, according to a recent Securities and Exchange Commission filing.Lawyers representing investors suing the telecommunications company over the original plans said...
Following news of huge job cuts at Intel Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc., the Nasdaq tumbled 115.95 points Friday to land at 2,052.78, its lowest close since December 1998.A strong employment report, which could cause the Fed to lighten up on interest-rate cuts, also...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Approximately 1,200 employees have been cut from the work force of 3Com Corp., a provider of connectivity products and solutions. The company said the layoffs are in accordance with the restructuring plan they announced in December, which called for improving cost effectiveness...
Flarion TechnologiesFlarion Technologies, a new company formed to commercialize a wireless data technology for Internet mobility market, announced that Matthew J. Desch has been appointed to a new seat on the company's board of directors. Desch is chairman of Airspan Networks Inc. and former...
CLEVELAND-While the employment picture for people in the telecommunications industry has been bright for some time, according to the latest survey conducted by Management Recruiters International Inc., that picture is only expected to improve in the coming months.The survey showed 80.3 percent of executives...
NEW YORK-Nextel Communications Inc., Reston, Va., can expect a total of 302 current and former employees to file complaints against it with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, alleging discrimination based on age, gender and race.As a prelude to filing a discrimination lawsuit, for which...
The recession enveloping Colombia is having strong effects on the wireless industry. Cellular carriers, in particular, saw first-half 1999 losses and declining user numbers. And the future will include competition from new PCS licensees.Colombia, which is experiencing its worst recession in at least 50...
All is well in the telecom world. The Dow Jones average is topping 11,000 points, wireless customers are signing up for new services right and left, and the wireless pie is growing.However, Robert Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration from...
