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Motorola has named Patricia B. Morrison as senior vice president and chief information officer. Neil Ransom has been appointed to the Board of Overture Networks, after serving as CTO for Alcatel.

Cisco has named Jayshree Ullal senior VP of the data center, switching, and security technology group, while it named Charles H. Giancarlo as its new chief development officer, succeeding Mario Mazzola who is retiring.

Mark Feidler, the current Bellsouth s COO has been made the President and COO of the company with effect from July 1, 2005. Nortel announced it appointed Harry Pearce as its non-executive chairman of the board. Christine Heckart is the new general manager...

Telefonica names Jaime Smith, chief financial officer, to the head of Cesky Telecom operator; ousting Gabriel Berdar, former CEO.

Alvarion announces Tzvika Friedman, current President, to succeed Zvi Slonimsky as CEO in 10/05. KT ( Korea ) said Nam Joong-soo, CEO of its wireless unit KTF, was named as a candidate for the CEO post of the company, subject to the approval by KT sh...

STMicroelectronics confirms that 1000 jobs will be cut in France (10% of local workforce), of which 50% will be delocalized in Asia. Motorola appoints Teresa Vega to lead global CDMA organization.

Nortel announced that Gary Daichendt, president and chief operating officer, resigned. Bill Owens, vice chairman and chief executive officer, will assume these responsibilities. In addition, Gary Kunis, chief technology officer, will also leave Nortel....

KPN announced new 630 jobs cuts in its call center division. KPN had announced an annual job cutting plan of 1,500 to 1,750 up to 2010. Staff has be reduced from 46,200 in 2001 to 28,000 in 2004 and could be as low as 20,000 by 2009.

Vivo (Brazil), the mobile JV between Telefonica and Portugal Telecom, has appointed Fernando Xavier Ferreira as chairman of the Board, and Roberto Oliveira de Lima as CEO. IBM is to cut about 700 jobs in Germany.

HP could cut 5% to 10% of its workforce to realign its operating expenses. 7,500 to 15,000 jobs are concerned. China Mobile: Sha Yuejia has been appointed to the position of deputy general manager of the headquarters. In many branches, top executives...