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NSN announced it will cut 1800 jobs as part of its current cost-cutting plans (save $2.5bn by end-2009). Vodafone also announced a $1.5bn cost-cutting plan to deal with ongoing market crisis. Virgin Media is to cut 2,200 jobs in the UK between 2010 and...

Lee Williams nominated as Executive Director for the Symbian Foundation. ADC announced the appointment of Krish Prabhu , and David Roberts to the company's Board of Directors effective Nov. 1, 2008. Sprint appointed former Ericsson director, Sven-Christer...

Verizon Wireless has names Mark Harris vice president of National Government Sales and Operations. SFR: Michel Paulin (ex-Neuf Cegetel) quits SFR as well as Philippe de Cuverville and Jacques Veyrat . Pierre-Alain Allemand will be the new Networking GM,...

Eduardo Montes, from Siemens, will resign from the Board of Directors of NSN. Siegfried Russwurm will replace him. Sonus has terminated the employment of Chuba Udokwu, VP of engineering.

ATT is reorganizing its top management into four divisions. The goal is to make wireline and wireless services converge more tightly together, for both consumers and businesses. The Consumer markets unit (both mobility and wireline services) will be managed...

HP will slash 25,000 jobs as the merger with EDS proceeds. Most of the jobs would be in the USA. Ericsson plans to cut 200 jobs in Spain, as part of the saving costs program targeting 4000 jobs losses. Telefonica plans to lay off 700 people as part of...

Sony Ericsson announced a re-organization plan with the layoff of some 2000 people, or 17% of its workforce. Luca Maestri is joining NSN as CFO, while Michael Matthews is to join as head of Strategy and Business Development. Vodafone announced changes...

ALU has hired Philippe Camus, as Chairman, and Ben Verwaayen, as CEO. The news was very well received by the financial community. Qualcomm has appointed Robert Walton as senior VP and division president of Qualcomm Enterprise Services (QES).

Tellabs has named Roger J. Heinz to the position of executive VP of sales and services, effective Sept. 15. Naguib Sawiris is stepping down as Mobinil Chairman (Egypt), replaced by Alex Shalaby . Fran Barton is retiring as CFO from UTStarcom.

Celtel Kenya has named Rene Meza as its CEO. Jon Eddy Abdullah has been hired as Telenor Pakistan CEO. CEO Hector Ruiz will quit AMD . Sony Ericsson plans 2000 job cuts. Bell Canada cuts 2500 management jobs (15% of management). Four names circulate for...