Ulf Ewaldsson named T-Mobile US SVP of Technology and Transformation
Last year Ericsson consolidated its business units and Ulf Ewaldsson left his role as heading Business Area Digital Services to serve as an advisor to the network infrastructure vendor's CEO. Now Ewaldsson has followed former...
SEC filing details charges for buyout, plus a $4.6 billion hit as Oath flounders
Verizon will buy out about 10,400 management employees at a cost between $1.8 billion to $2.1 million and about half of them will leave the company this month, according to a...
ARLINGTON, Virginia--The Wireless Infrastructure Association is taking the occasion of its first annual Wireless Hall of Fame event to honor some of the pivotal figures of the tower industry, while also focusing on the future needs of the tower workforce in a 5G world.
This...
What does an automated world mean for the workforce?
Rajeev Suri, chief executive officer of Nokia, has been consistently spreading the Industry 4.0 message in meetings with customers, employees and during major industry events. He followed suit last week at Mobile World Congress Americas in...
Nokia to cut an additional 100 jobs in the Chicago area
Nokia confirmed that it is cutting jobs in Illinois, as part of its ongoing global headcount reduction and cost-cutting measures.
Contacted by RCR Wireless News, a Nokia spokesman confirmed that the company is reducing its...
CWA: 28,000 jobs lost if Sprint/T-Mobile US merger goes forward
Contrary to what the companies are telling federal regulators, the Communications Workers of America union says a Sprint/T-Mobile US merger will "result in massive job losses totaling more than 28,000," according to CWA President Chris...
Qualcomm, NXP continue to pursue acquisition despite China's initial rejection
Qualcomm and NXP Semiconductors bought more time to complete the combination of their companies by withdrawing and refiling their notice of acquisition in China. They did so at the request of the Ministry of Commerce...
Contracts covering about 14,000 wireline employees at AT&T Midwest and AT&T Legacy T expired over the weekend, with workers remaining on the job as negotiations continue.
That figure represents about five percent of AT&T's workforce, according to the carrier. AT&T Midwest includes workers in Illinois,...
The information technology sector added about 9,000 jobs during March, with additions in four out of five tech sectors -- but telecommunications job numbers were down about 2,000 for the month, according to analysis by industry group CompTIA.
Telecom has been steadily shedding jobs through...
NASHVILLE, Tenn.--Danielle Meyers likes the view from the top -- of the cell tower, that is.
Meyers, a lead tower technician for six years for MillerCo, is based in Texas and the company's only woman tower climber in the field. She was part of a panel...
"AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson has been one of the strongest supporters of the recently-passed tax plan, promising to use the massive corporate tax cuts for investments that would create thousands of middle class jobs," a statement from the Communications Workers of America says. "By...
Unified communications is the name for a cloud-based service that lets companies use a growing and integrated variety of enterprise communications services. There are a growing number of providers in this space which is rapidly expanding. Let’s take a look at some of services...
Lurie takes on new role after leaving AT&T Mobility
Glenn Lurie, who retired as president of AT&T Mobility in September, has been named CEO of telecom software company Synchronoss Technologies.
Steven Waldis, Synchronoss' current CEO and chairman of its board of directors, will transition to serving...
Ericsson shares surged almost 10% Friday morning as investors rallied around news that the company's core networks business is becoming more profitable. The company reported overall revenue of $5.9 billion for the quarter, and a net loss of half a billion dollars.
Network products...
Business model development key to funding 5G network deployments
In a keynote presentation at the Wireless Infrastructure Association's ongoing HetNet Expo in West Palm Beach, Fla., ExteNet Systems CEO Ross Manire outlined the three key factors that will make or break the success of future...
The San Diego, Calif.-area is home to numerous nonprofits engaged in a wide range of charitable activities. But Mission Edge is different; the organization, itself a nonprofit, provides professional services like accounting, payroll, OSHA compliance and human resources to other nonprofits so they can...
Field test engineers help ensure that wireless networks are operating smoothly and efficiently, and help design and assure the performance of new networks and network features.
According to Glassdoor.com, the national average salary for a field test engineer is nearly $73,000. Indeed.com pegs the...
Ericsson says it will "accelerate" planned cuts
Last month network infrastructure giant Ericsson reported across the board sales losses in a Q2 2017 financial report with CEO Borje Ekholm projecting a continued decline in operating income between $362 million and $600 million over the next...
Tentative agreement covers about half of employees involved in recent strike
AT&T has reached a tentative agreement on the terms of a new contract with the Communications Workers of America union. The agreement covers more than 17,000 workers working for AT&T's Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell in...
Michael Dell, Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai, Tim Cook and others pen letter to Texas governor weighing in implications of immigration enforcement efforts
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Republican state lawmakers are taking a tough stance on immigration. Earlier this month, Abbott signed a law allowing police...
Wireless and security led Cisco revenues in Q3 2017
Networking vendor Cisco reported its quarterly financial results this week, showing revenue down for the quarter with an outlook of further declines. To help save money, the company will cut 1,100 jobs.
This latest round of cuts...
In the U.S. Nokia has asked the FCC for permission to use experimental equipment in millimeter spectrum
As carrier spending for LTE network infrastructure slows, infrastructure vendors are eagerly awaiting investment in 5G to pick up. But, in the meantime, the trough has prompted major...
As the telecom industry transitions from LTE to LTE-Advanced, LTE-Advanced Pro, and ultimately 5G, which is still going through 3GPP's standardization process, the telecom workforce, particularly field technicians responsible for building and re-building networks, will also need to evolve.
5G promises multi-gigabit per second speeds...
T-Mobile US may have to dissolve its employee representative group, T-Voice, after a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled T-Voice violates a 1935 law prohibiting company controlled labor unions.
T-Voice is not the real voice of the T-Mobile US workforce, according to members of T-Mobile...
