Motorola is laying off 74 workers from its mobile phone division, based in Libertyville, Illinois. The layoffs will be completed by the end of July. The firm laid off 3,000 people in the mobile group earlier this year, 500 of them in Libertyville. Motorola is an American, multinational, Fortune 100 telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois. It is [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 3, 2009
CenturyTel has merged with Embarq, and an undisclosed number of jobs will be eliminated before the end of 2009. The new firm is called CenturyLink, and employs 20,000 employees in 33 states. It will be headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana. CenturyTel purchased Embarq for $11.6 billion. Fewer than 30 jobs will be cut in July, but further, larger [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 20, 2009
US Cellular is adding 100 customer service positions at its 400-person facility in Waukesha, Wisconsin. The jobs are full time with benefits, including paid training. Chicago-based United States Cellular, aka US Cellular, owns and operates the fifth largest wireless telecommunications network in the US. It serves 6.1 million customers in 126 markets in 26 states. It was [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Helsinki’s Nokia, the world’s largest cellphone manufacturer, will cut a further 490 jobs globally, in addition to the 1,700 announced in March. The Finnish firm will cut 170 jobs in logistics and production management & support, and will offer a voluntary resignation package for up to 320 employees working at its Salo plant in Finland. Nokia has [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 30, 2009
Schaumburg, Illinois’ Motorola Inc. is cutting 500 jobs now, and 7,500 jobs by June 30th. The firm seeks to save $200 million, as its non-cell phone businesses have lost money. Founded in 1928, Motorola is a Fortune 100 telecommunications company. It is a manufacturer of wireless telephone handsets, also designing and selling wireless network infrastructure equipment such [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 17, 2009
As consumers hold off to upgrade to new cell phones, Sony Ericsson is forecasting a 10% market contraction for 2009, and will cut 2,000 jobs. The cell phone manufacturer is counting on its upcoming Idou smartphone, and its launch of mobile movie and music services, to help it compete with Apple, BlackBerry and Palm. Sony Ericsson is [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 16, 2009
Research In Motion, manufacturer of the BlackBerry line of smart phones, will hire 469 North American workers to add to its global workforce of 12,000. It will hire 139 in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and in the Asia-Pacific region. In 2007, RIM employed only 6,000. RIM is adding software developers, engineers and salespeople. Rival Nokia cut 1,700 jobs [...]
Continue reading...Monday, April 6, 2009
Cell phone company Verizon Wireless will open a new call center in Alpharetta, Georgia, creating 600 jobs. The new center will include a $27 million investment in Alpharetta, where Verizon already has a 395,000 square foot campus. Recruiting for the some of the new jobs begins this month, with hiring expected in May and training in July. Verizon [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 26, 2009
Santa Cruz, California’s Plantronics will cut 670 positions and close its manufacturing plant in Suzhou, China. Plantronics will outsource its production of Bluetooth headsets to an existing supplier in China. The plan is expected to be complete by October 2009. Founded in 1962, Plantronics is a hardware company which specializes in lightweight headsets, and is the market leader [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Nokia, the world’s largest manufacturer of mobile phones, will eliminate 1,700 jobs, or 3% of its work force. The Finnish firm will lay off 700 workers in Finland, with the rest in Europe, Asia and North America. Up to 1,000 employees will get severance packages. Nokia is also freezing salaries and hiring, and cutting nonessential travel. Labor laws [...]
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