US manufacturer Motorola is to cut an additional 4,000 jobs in a bid to turn the flagging company around, the firm said late Wednesday. The latest round of cuts are in addition to the previously announced reduction of 3,500 workers, which is expected to be completed by June 30 and will save the troubled company […]
The US General Services Administration (GSA) has awarded America’s biggest ever telecommunications contract – a ten year deal worth $48bn – to AT&T, Qwest and Verizon. Sprint Nextel was not chosen. Each of the winners will split $525m and pitch against one another with different federal agencies for varying contracts. Each of those government agencies […]
Mobile manufacturer Nokia announced this week two mobile advertising services designed for targeted campaigns on the handset. Nokia Ad Service and Nokia Advertising Connector will, according to the Finnish firm, allow companies to personalise advertising on the mobile in a way that is much harder to do on traditional media. Nokia Ad Service consists of […]
The billionaire investor, Carl Icahn, will buy $2bn (£1.02bn) of Motorola stock, the world’s second largest mobile manufacturer said Thursday. Icahn has been associated with Motorola since his comments in January about the company’s stock being undervalued. He also suggested Motorola reward investors with bigger paybacks, seen by some as a slight to Ed Zander, […]
Swedish equipment manufacturer Ericsson, said Tuesday that it had signed a three year GSM etension contract with IDEA Cellular of India. In a statement, Ericsson said it will provide microwave transmission and softswitch technology. No financial details of the deal were revealed. In the statement, Ericsson said the network would be built in Maharashtra, Gujarat, […]
Staff at Nokia in Finland are staging a strike Friday in protest at the company’s recent layoffs, according to the Reuters news agency. The world’s leading mobile manufacturer, which is based in the Scandinavian territory, said last week that it intends to axe up to 700 jobs, with at least 340 from its home country. […]
Motorola on Monday unveiled its plans to turn around recent “disappointment”, with its ebullient CEO, Ed Zander pedaling onto the CES stage in Las Vegas, on a yellow bicycle – apparently an example of “expense controls”. The world’s No. 2 handset maker vowed to improve media services on its phones and announced partnerships with internet […]
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