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Teliasonera will fir some 650 jobs, of which 330 will be dismissed.

Siebel has named George T. Shaheen as CEO, as former CEO Shaheen, 60, resigned by mutual agreement. He will be the company's third CEO in almost a year.

Telecom companies cut workforce by some 35,000 in 1Q05.

IBM would plan to cut some 2,500 jobs in Europe with the closure of small offices and the transfer of operations in Hungary and Czech Rep. The European HQ in Paris could be split between London and Zurich.