B/OSS - Layoffs

Nokia Cutting Tons of Jobs Due to Smartphone Failures

Hundreds of Nokia employees are going to lose their jobs because the company can’t keep pace in the smartphone sector. ...More

October 21, 2010

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Windstream To Cut Big Chunk of Iowa Telecom Jobs

Windstream Corp.’s recent takeover of Iowa Telecom has come with a price. ...More

October 12, 2010

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HP Axes 9,000 More Jobs as EDS Buy Increases Automation

HP’s 2008 Electronic Data Systems purchase has come back to haunt thousands of employees in the form of still more layoffs. ...More

June 1, 2010 By Kelly Teal

Posted in News, Customer Experience Management, Service & Network Management, Service Creation & Delivery

SureWest Axes 60 Jobs in Sacramento, Kansas City Markets

SureWest is laying off 7 percent of its workforce as landline losses mount. Now it’ll hone its focus on the more profitable broadband sector. ...More

May 27, 2010 By Kelly Teal

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Ciena Laying Off Workers Post-Nortel Deal After All

Corporate America can be a cruel mistress. In late March, as Ciena Corp. (CIEN) took over Nortel Networks’ Ethernet assets, assurances ran rather freely that employment, not pink slips, would remain the norm.We should have known better.Ciena said in a Securities ...More

May 13, 2010

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Union: IBM Cuts 1,200 Workers

IBM on Monday cut more than 1,200 jobs in North America, according to a labor union that’s attempting to represent Big Blue employees."It's clear IBM is moving work offshore at a record rate," Lee Conrad, national field coordinator ofAlliance@IBM, told the News & ...More

March 2, 2010

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Sprint Shares Sink Most in Months on Q4 Earnings

Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) shares plummeted nearly 9 percent on Wednesday – the biggest drop in months – after the service provider reported lower sales than Wall Street had expected.The nation’s third-largest wireless carrier showed $7.87 billion in ...More

February 10, 2010 By Kelly Teal

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AT&T Slashing Hundreds More Landline Jobs

AT&T’s plan to cut 160 more landline-tech jobs isn’t sitting well with consumer advocates in Connecticut.A spokesman for the Communications Workers of America reported Tuesday that the installation and repair jobs will be phased out by mid-February. AT&T ...More

January 6, 2010

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Sony Ericsson Decamps from N.C., Will Cut 2,000 Jobs

A month after reporting earnings losses – for the fifth consecutive quarter – of $245 million, cell phone maker Sony Ericsson said it’s moving its North American headquarters and closing six sites worldwide.Sony Ericsson expects the consolidation to sever ...More

November 18, 2009

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Report: Palm to Cut Jobs Amid Poor Pre Sales

Well, it looks like the Palm Pre isn’t quite doing its job of rejuvenating Palm Inc., what with Verizon Wireless saying it doesn’t want it and its price tag being chopped in half by Wal-Mart. The latest is a report (see below) that Palm will be making new job ...More

September 30, 2009

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