Deutsche Telekom Proposes New Terms for Workforce Restructuring
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The German fixed-line incumbent, Deutsche Telekom, has proposed to the trade union, Verdi, that it will still go ahead with the 12% reduction in the wages of 50,000 employees that will be transferred to the new division, T-Service, by 12% over the next two-and-a-half years. In return, the telco will provide job guarantees until 2010 ...
Qualcomm Buys Into Mobile WiMax
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Longtime WiMax basher Qualcomm Inc. has finally bought the capability to support the technology if it chooses. The CDMA giant has acquired the mobile WiMax capabilities of TeleCIS Wireless Inc. for an undisclosed sum. TeleCIS is a Silicon Valley-based startup that has fixed and 'portable' WiMax silicon on the ...
Could Vonage Sprint to an Exit?
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Vonage Holdings Corp. is in talks with Sprint Nextel Corp. about a way to resolve that carrier's patent lawsuit against the VOIP provider, Light Reading has learned. And one source says a Sprint buyout of Vonage is on the table. Vonage addressed its Sprint lawsuit last Thursday in an investor conference call. That call was ...
Survey: US Consumers Prefer WiMAX to Cellular Data or Wi-Fi
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In a head-to-head comparison, respondents to a US consumer survey indicated a significant preference for WiMAX over cellular data and Wi-Fi services, reports In-Stat
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. This comes from a survey conducted earlier this year with over 1,200 respondents. The respondents were asked a series of questions by the...
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