Personnel Category

Qualcomm Announces Leadership Change in Japan
May 18th 2012 - 08:29 GMT
Qualcomm has announced the appointment of Clifford Ficke as vice president and president of Qualcomm Japan....more

Sony Mobile Names New Head of Sales and Marketing
May 16th 2012 - 10:39 GMT
Sony Mobile announced that Dennis van Schie has been appointed Corporate Vice President, Head of Sales and Marketing, reporting to President and CEO Kunimasa Suzuki....more

AsiaInfo-Linkage to Open European Headquarters
May 14th 2012 - 08:59 GMT
China based network billing vendor, AsiaInfo-Linkage has announced that it plans to open its European headquarters in Cambridge, UK...more

Cell C is Hiring Former Vodacom Managers
May 13th 2012 - 10:37 GMT
Several former executives at South Africa's Vodacom have jumped over to the rival network, Cell C, the company has confirmed....more

Research In Motion Taps Former Sony Mobile and Vodafone Execs for New Management
May 8th 2012 - 15:10 GMT
Research In Motion (RIM) today announced key additions to its executive leadership team with the hiring of Kristian Tear as Chief Operating Officer and Frank Boulben as Chief Marketing Officer....more

Carrier IQ Hires Privacy Expert to Repair Damaged Reputation
May 8th 2012 - 14:37 GMT
Controversial handset diagnostics software company, Carrier IQ has announced the appointment of Magnolia Mansourkia Mobley to the role of General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer....more

AT&T Ordered to Pay Compensation to Muslim Woman Following Harassment
May 7th 2012 - 19:26 GMT
USA based AT&T has been ordered to make a compensation payment to a former employee who sued the company for workplace discrimination after she converted to Islam....more

Tim Brasil's CEO Resigns Over Market Share Manipulation Allegations
May 5th 2012 - 17:53 GMT
The CEO of the Brazilian mobile network, TIM Participacoes has resigned over a growing scandal that dates back to his time working at its parent company in Italy....more

New Chief Financial Officer for Leap Wireless
April 23rd 2012 - 18:11 GMT
USA based Leap Wireless announced that Jerry Elliott is joining the Company and will be appointed as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective from next month....more

Apple to Hire 500 Additional Staff for Its European Head Office
April 20th 2012 - 11:17 GMT
Apple has confirmed plans to increase the size of its European head office by around 500 staff over the next 18 months....more

Nokia's Head of Sales to Leave the Company
April 19th 2012 - 16:36 GMT
Following its poor results and weak handset sales, Nokia has announced that its executive vice president of sales, Colin Giles is to leave the company at the end of June....more

Telefonica O2's UK Staff Vote to Reject Pay Offer
April 17th 2012 - 16:04 GMT
Staff working for O2 UK and members of the Communication Workers Union have voted to reject a pay offer from the company....more

Elektrobit Closes Wireless Site in Espoo
April 16th 2012 - 16:03 GMT
EB (Elektrobit) says that it has concluded personnel negotiations concerning closing its site in Espoo, Finland and has confirmed that it will close its Wireless Business Segment site in Espoo ...more

Everything Everywhere to Cut 95 Jobs in Retail Stores
April 15th 2012 - 09:12 GMT
UK based Everything Everywhere has announced that it will be cutting 95 jobs from its retail stores as the company consolidates the separate stores operated by its Orange and T-Mobile subsidiaries....more

Nokia Siemens Networks to Stay in Munich
April 14th 2012 - 08:49 GMT
Nokia Siemens Networks has confirmed that it will continue to employ about 2,000 people in Munich, Germany. ...more

Best Buy CEO Resigns with Immediate Effect
April 10th 2012 - 18:20 GMT
The CEO at struggling US electronics retailer, Best Buy has resigned with immediate effect, just a couple of weeks after the company announced plans to close 150 stores....more

Saudi Telecom CEO Announces Resignation
April 6th 2012 - 09:44 GMT
Saudi Telecom has announced that its CEO, Saud AL Daweesh has resigned from the company, but will stay in the job for up to six months as the company seeks a replacement....more

O2 Germany in Dispute with Labour Unions
April 4th 2012 - 10:22 GMT
Telefonica' O2's German network is reported to have suspended relations with the local labour union, IG BCE after it recanted on a previous agreement which had provided a wage agreement for the next two years....more

Sony-Ericsson CEO Steps Down As Sony Exec Takes Top Job
April 4th 2012 - 07:52 GMT
Sony Mobile Communications' President and CEO, Bert Nordberg is to step down from the role next month, and is being replaced by a Sony executive, Kunimasa Suzuki who is currently overseeing the planning and design of all Sony's consumer products and services. ...more

Nokia Siemens Networks Completes Transaction of Network Management System R&D to Tieto
April 3rd 2012 - 18:03 GMT
Nokia Siemens Networks and Tieto Corporation have completed the transaction to outsource part of the maintenance, technical support and R&D...more

Vodafone Ghana Call Centre Staff on Strike Over Wage Demands
April 2nd 2012 - 12:37 GMT
Call centre staff working for an outsourced provider to Vodafone Ghana have gone on strike over demands related to wages and working conditions....more

Vodafone Deputy Chairman Reported to Be Leaving the Company
April 2nd 2012 - 10:29 GMT
Vodafone Group's deputy-Chairman, Sir John Buchanan is reported to be on the eve of resigning from the company, in order to take up the Chairmanship at ARM Holdings, a semiconductor developer....more

Vodafone Retail Store Employee Refused Work For Having a Beard
March 29th 2012 - 18:49 GMT
Vodafone has apologised to an employee after he was told that he couldn't work in one of their retail stores due to his beard....more

Vodafone Ordered to Re-employ Sacked Whistle-Blower
March 28th 2012 - 10:42 GMT
Vodafone Ireland has been ordered to reinstate a "whistleblower" who was sacked last year by the company, four years after he revealed details of a EUR4 million theft by a superior in the company....more

CEO of French Network, SFR Resigns With Immediate Effect
March 27th 2012 - 11:45 GMT
The CEO and Chairman of the French mobile network, SFR, Frank Esser is leaving the company with immediate effect....more

Increased Competition Could Cost Up to 10,000 Jobs in French Mobile Market
March 25th 2012 - 17:06 GMT
Cost cutting at France's three incumbent mobile networks could see as much as 10,000 jobs lost over the next few years - out of a workforce of around 130,000....more

Trade Union Offers Proposal to Retain Nokia Siemens Networks Munich Offices
March 23rd 2012 - 19:46 GMT
Nokia Siemens Networks and Germany's IG Metall trade union have agreed on a potential restructuring plan for the company's workforce in the country that would see its Munich facility staying open....more

More Job Cuts Likely at Optus
March 21st 2012 - 15:07 GMT
Australian telco, Optus is reported to be planning job cuts that could see up to 750 people being made redundant....more

Vodafone Names Turnaround-Guru to Head Australian Operations
March 21st 2012 - 11:30 GMT
Vodafone Australia has a new CEO -- the former turnaround guru from Vodafone Japan, Bill Morrow....more

LightSquared Exec Crosses the Atlantic to Head O2's Business Development Team
March 20th 2012 - 17:51 GMT
An exec at the troubled USA based LightSquared has left the company to join the UK based O2 as the new head of its business development division....more

Nokia Siemens Networks Names Troubleshooter for New Chief Operations Officer
March 16th 2012 - 16:12 GMT
Nokia Siemens Networks announced today that it has appointed Samih Elhage as its chief operating officer (COO), reporting to the company's chief executive officer, Rajeev Suri....more

China Mobile Director Resigns Following Police Probe into Financial Irregularities
March 16th 2012 - 09:40 GMT
China Mobile has announced that Mr. Lu Xiangdong, an Executive Director and a Vice President of the Company has resigned from the company, due to his inability to perform his duties under his current personal circumstances....more

Ericsson Looking to Cut Up to 1,700 Jobs in North America
March 11th 2012 - 16:20 GMT
Ericsson has confirmed that it plans large scale job redundancies in its North American divisions....more

Management Changes Announced at ST-Ericsson
March 9th 2012 - 09:10 GMT
ST-Ericsson, a joint-venture of STMicroelectronics and Ericsson has announced a number of changes in the senior management team of the company....more

USA Trades Union Announces Tentative Contract Agreement with AT&T
March 6th 2012 - 11:26 GMT
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) has announced a tentative contract agreement with AT&T in CWA District 6, an agreement that includes the return of a minimum of 2,000 jobs over the four year life of the agreement....more

Nokia Siemens Networks to Outsource Some R&D Work to Tieto
March 6th 2012 - 08:38 GMT
Nokia Siemens Networks is to outsource part of the maintenance, technical support and R&D for its mobile network OSS and Subscriber Data Management activities in Finland....more

Nokia Siemens Networks Cuts 3,500 Jobs in Brazil
March 5th 2012 - 16:31 GMT
Nokia Siemens Networks has cut a further 3,500 jobs on top of the 17,000 previously announced after it ended a managed services contract with the Brazilian mobile network, Oi....more

Google Looking to Inject Own Management Team into Motorola Mobility
February 26th 2012 - 15:07 GMT
After reassuring its Android handset partners that it would run Motorola Mobility at arms length, Google appears to be looking to take a much tighter control of the company....more

LightSquared Cutting Staff After Regulator Blocks LTE Network Launch
February 24th 2012 - 12:01 GMT
USA based LTE network, LightSquared is reported to have laid off nearly half its small workforce following the decision by the regulator to recommend that it would not be allowed to switch-on its network....more

45,000 Huawei Engineers Participate in the World's Largest Desktop Cloud
February 17th 2012 - 08:44 GMT
Huawei has announced that 45,000 of its engineers are now using virtual desktops as part of the world's largest desktop cloud collaboration....more