People - 10/02/07

Nortel plans to cut about an additional 2,900 positions or 9% of its workforce.

Mike Volpi, from Cisco, is immediately leaving the company.

Level 3 plans to cut 1,000 jobs as part of an acquisition integration and cost-cutting plan.

Alcatel-Lucent has increased its job cuts to 13,000 over the next three years (up from 9,000 announced in November).