Labor union CWA said 93% of AT&T wireless retail employees, call center workers and technicians authorized a strike when current contract expires Feb. 11.
Update: Story updated with further comments from AT&T.
A majority of AT&T workers represented by the Communications Workers...
Radio frequency test engineers can be found in both manufacturing environments and in development teams for advanced RF products and projects. The average salary, according to Glassdoor, is around $77,300 per year.
So what skills do employers look for in their RF test engineers?
The most...
Eight multibillion dollar mergers announced within two years
Automation is expected to bring big productivity gains to the U.S. economy, but it is also likely to eliminate quality jobs as machines take on more of the work done by humans. The industry driving automation is...
The new deal is set to extend the MVNO operation until 2021.
British Telecommunications and Virgin Media signed a new five-year mobile virtual network operator agreement that will see BT Group's EE mobile unit provide wholesale mobile network services to Virgin Media, a subsidiary...
The National Wireless Safety Alliance launched two new certification programs for tower technicians. The new certifications are part of the NWSA's efforts to standardize technician training within the telecom industry, based on input from industry experts to put together personnel certification programs that meet...
Sprint said its jobs plan is tied to a recent agreement between chairman Masayoshi Son and President-elect Donald Trump, with focus on customer care, sales.
Sprint looks set to reverse course on its recent history of job cuts and outsourcing, announcing plans to “bring...
Proposed union labor contract between AT&T and CWA covers thousands of DirecTV workers at five call centers.
AT&T said it reached labor deals with the Communications Workers of America covering approximately 2,000 employees of the telecom operator’s DirecTV subsidiary.
The tentative agreements,...
IDC reports India's cloud computing market will grow at a 26% CAGR through 2020.
San Francisco-based cloud computing firm Salesforce.com and its partners are looking to to drive nearly 500,000 jobs in the Indian market by 2020, India press reported.
The reports note that...
Intel is hiring ARM's EVP of strategy, Tom Lantzsch, to head up "internet of things" initiatives for the world's largest chipmaker. ARM and Intel are bitter rivals when it comes to designing cores for mobile processors, a market ARM has dominated for years. Lantzsch...
Advances in network technology and applications are expected to support a surge in the global connected workforce, according to Strategy Analytics.
Wireless communications continues to infiltrate and empower the enterprise market, enabling employees – for good or bad – to always be connected...
Fujitsu said that it aims to cut 1,800 jobs in the U.K.
Japanese IT equipment and services company Fujitsu has plans to cut nearly 1,800 jobs from its U.K. operation in a move to improve margins, international press reported, citing the firm’s chair for the...
Cloud Foundry Foundation said the gap in cloud developer skills is threatening the firm’s digital transformation
Companies in Japan, Korea and the United Kingdom are having trouble hiring cloud developers, Cloud Foundry Foundation’s Marketing & Research Head Devin Davis told RCR Wireless News.
The executive said companies...
The Ericsson board of directors has appointed Börje Ekholm to be president and CEO of the company effective Jan. 16, 2017. Ekholm will also remain a member of the board.
"I am very pleased to announce the appointment of Börje Ekholm,” said Leif Johansson, chairman...
5 things to know today
1. Verizon Wireless is investigating customer complaints of surging data-use charges. According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Federal Communications Commission saw a 10-fold increase last month in customer complaints about Verizon Wireless cellphone bills. The FCC is referring many of...
Verizon is reportedly set to eliminate jobs at call centers across five states as part of broader streamlining of workforce
Verizon Communications is reportedly set to close a handful of call centers across five states in a move expected to eliminate around 3,200 jobs.
The move,...
AT&T, with City of Dallas, DART and Downtown Dallas Inc., planning an 'urban-tech center'
AT&T announced this week plans to revitalize its headquarters and surrounding area in south downtown Dallas, as well as plans to grow its local workforce, according to reports.
According to the carrier,...
Verizon admits to cutting an undisclosed number of jobs at retail locations connected with combining in-store duties
Verizon Communications has reportedly slashed jobs at retail locations, with a union representative claiming the number could be in the thousands.
According to ABC News, Verizon has confirmed that...
Recently, Ericsson has made two major announcements regarding workforce reductions. One was related to the closing down of manufacturing in Sweden for wireless telecom equipment, which would result in lost jobs for 3,000 people. The latest is just an overall restructuring with another 900...
Telecommunications vendor Ericsson confirmed on Tuesday it intends to cut 3,000 jobs in Sweden, plans to recruit 1,000 in research and development
Ericsson intends to cut 3,000 jobs in Sweden, the company announced on Tuesday morning. The telecommunications vendor employs approximately 16,000 people in its home country. The...
As Google stakes a claim to utility poles, union workers worry about job security
AT&T is fighting to keep Google from changing the rules in cities targeted for Google Fiber, and the telecom giant's union workers are keeping a close eye on the battle. AT&T...
New labor deal centered on health care benefits for approximately 42,000 CWA union workers at AT&T Mobility
The Communications Workers of America said its members ratified a pending contract with AT&T Mobility that provides health care and other benefits to approximately 42,000 workers.
CWA said the agreement includes...
Cisco plans to cut as many as 5,500 jobs, the company said today. The world's largest maker of internet routers said it wants to cut costs in order to be able to invest more in the internet of things, security solutions, and cloud technologies.
Headcount...
Labor union CWA said the tentative agreement, focused on health care and other benefits, covers 42,000 AT&T Mobility workers
Three weeks after negotiations stalled on a new contract, the Communications Workers of America said it reached a tentative agreement with AT&T Mobility covering approximately 42,000...
Latest round of job cuts builds on 1,850 layoffs Microsoft announced in May
Continuing to tighten its belt, Microsoft plans to get rid of some 2,850 employees this year, according to a new filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
This is an expansion of...
