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Capcom Links European And North American Mobile Operations Under One Management - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Wed 01 Oct 2008 11:19 AM PST

Mobile game developer Capcom Interactive is combining its mobile operations in North America and Europe together under one single management team, so it can better leverage its global scale, the…

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AT&T Reorganizes; Wireless Head De La Vega Now Oversees All Consumer Services - 0 Comments
Posted By Matt Kapko - Tue 30 Sep 2008 04:18 PM PST

AT&T (NYSE: T) has placed its wireless head Ralph de la Vega in charge of all consumer services offered by the company including landline phone, broadband, IPTV and mobile, WSJ…

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Yahoo Reorgs Connected Life Division; Next Phase Focused On Making Money On Mobile - 1 Comment
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Mon 29 Sep 2008 01:59 PM PST

Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) is reorganizing the Connected Life division with the intention of actually making money. The reorganization, announced internally today at an all-hands meeting, includes a management shuffle and…

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Sony Ericsson Cull Begins; 450 Axed At North American R&D Unit - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Mon 29 Sep 2008 01:51 PM PST

Sony (NYSE: SNE) Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) is cutting 450 employees from its North American operations in Durham, North Carolina. Triangle Business Journal reports that SE had 750 staff at its…

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Industry Moves: Vodafone Appoints New CEOs To Emerging Markets Units - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Mon 29 Sep 2008 03:39 AM PST

Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) has appointed two heads to its recently split emerging markets division. The company has promoted from within, moving current UK chief executive Nick Read to run its…

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Industry Moves: Blyk Hires CEO From Carat For Belgian Launch - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 24 Sep 2008 01:21 AM PST

Ad-supported free mobile network Blyk has appointed Carat Belgium’s MD Eric Samson as its CEO in the country, as it gears up to launch there. The MVNO running on Orange…

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Industry Moves: Clearwire Names Likely Executives To Lead Post-Merger; CFO Will Leave - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Fri 19 Sep 2008 01:43 PM PST

Clearwire’s (NSDQ: CLWR) CEO Ben Wolff sent out an email today, announcing who he will recommend for the top senior positions of the New Clearwire when the merger closes with…

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Industry Moves: Virgin Mobile CFO John Feehan Quits - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Wed 17 Sep 2008 06:19 AM PST

Virgin Mobile (NYSE: VM) USA’s CFO John Feehan is quitting his post, the company announced today. He heads out to Phoenix, Arizona in mid-November where he becomes CFO of identity…

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Industry Moves: Virgin Mobile USA Elects Two SK Telecom Execs To Board - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Tue 16 Sep 2008 08:46 AM PST

Virgin Mobile USA (NYSE: VM) has appointed SK Telecom’s Richard Chin and Sungwon Suh to its board following the acquisition of Helio and SK Telecom’s investment in the company. --…

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Industry Moves: Crisp Wireless; Sonic Boom; Billing Revolution - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Wed 10 Sep 2008 07:49 AM PST

-- Crisp Wireless: The publishing and advertising solutions provider has hired Thomas Foran as its chief revenue officer to lead sales growth and counsel the company’s blue chip clients. Foran…

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Industry Moves: Vodafone Appoints New Chief For Europe; Splits Emerging Markets Unit Into Two - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Tue 09 Sep 2008 06:00 AM PST

Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) CEO Vittorio Colao has made his first new changes to the global network operator since the July departure of Arun Sarin. Vodafone has appointed a new chief…

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Industry Moves: Tesco Telecoms Promotes Batchelor To CEO - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 08 Sep 2008 09:30 AM PST

Supermarket telco Tesco Telecoms has promoted its marketing director Lance Batchelor to be CEO, encompassing its Tesco Mobile MVNO, internet access, VoIP, mobile sales and more. The supermarket giant reckons…

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Industry Moves: NBCU Mobile Director Gammon Leaving For Fox - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 05 Sep 2008 06:37 AM PST

NBC Universal’s (NYSE: GE) UK-based EMEA mobile director Amelia Gammon is leaving to join Fox. Gammon joined the broadcaster’s new mobile unit in 2006 following a stint as digital marketing…

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Industry Moves: Virgin Mobile USA; Thumbplay; Motorola; Didmo - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Wed 03 Sep 2008 01:53 PM PST

-- Virgin Mobile (NYSE: VM) USA: Naval officer Daniel Acton is joining as Virgin Mobile’s new chief information and technology officer. He will be responsible for the Virgin Mobile USA’s…

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Industry Moves: Roeding Joins Kleiner Perkins as EIR - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 01 Sep 2008 11:00 PM PST

Cyriac Roeding, the former EVP of mobile at CBS (NYSE: CBS), who has been documenting his just concluded mobile world tour for us, has joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers,…

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Motorola Updates Co-CEO Greg Brown’s Compensation; Rewards Mobile Devices Sale - 1 Comment
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Fri 29 Aug 2008 12:01 PM PST

Motorola (NYSE: MOT) updated the compensation package of Greg Brown, the company’s Co-CEO and head of Motorola’s Broadband Mobility business, according to a document with the SEC today. The new…

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Industry Moves: Two Senior Execs Depart From Yahoo’s Mobile Ranks - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Thu 28 Aug 2008 11:06 AM PST

Yahoo’s (NSDQ: YHOO) losing two more of its senior executives, this time from its mobile division, which falls under the heading of Yahoo’s Connected Life. Steve Boom, SVP of Connected…

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News International Merging Mobile Unit Into Digital, Commercial Groups - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 27 Aug 2008 02:48 AM PST

Andrew Bagguley, the head of mobile strategy at News Corp’s (NYSE: NWS) News International UK news publisher, is leaving next month, a further casualty of the corporate-level reorganisation ensuing from…

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Industry Moves: mBlox; Quattro; Pelago’s Whrrl; MocoSpace - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Thu 21 Aug 2008 11:54 AM PST

-- mBlox: Ken Elmer has been selected to lead mBlox’s global finance and human resources as CFO. Previously, he was SVP-finance and administration for Tiburon. -- Quattro: Quattro Wireless has…

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Industry Moves: Sky Promotes David Gibbs To Mobile GM; Taps Tim Hussain As Mobile Advertising Head - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Thu 21 Aug 2008 06:53 AM PST

News Corp’s UK satellite pay-TV unit Sky has promoted David Gibbs to general manager for Mobile, and has appointed ex-AOL head of mobile Tim Hussain to the newly created position…

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More Management Changes At Motorola; Unveils Two Of The 50 Phones Launching This Year - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Wed 20 Aug 2008 08:48 AM PST

When Motorola (NYSE: MOT) appointed Sanjay Jha as CEO Of Its Handset Unit and co-CEO Of Motorola, you knew more heads were going to roll as Jha went about putting…

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JumpTap Conducts Restructuring; Lays Off 20: Report Says - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Mon 18 Aug 2008 11:23 AM PST

A very short report in Globes, a Israeli business publication, said that Cambridge, Mass.-based JumpTap, a mobile search and advertising company, laid off about 20 employees as part of a…

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Industry Moves: Bebo Hires Mobile Head; Will It Drop Premium Fees? - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 13 Aug 2008 03:25 AM PST

Bebo is hiring Intercasting international GM Sean Kane as its first global head of mobile, charged with giving the teen-focused social net more legs in the wireless space. Bebo worked…

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Industry Moves: mSpot; Azuki; 2ergo - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Mon 11 Aug 2008 09:46 PM PST

-- mSpot: Mobile music and entertainment company mSpot has hired Aline Yu as VP of marketing and Gregg Brown as director of product marketing. Most recently, Yu worked at Adobe…

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Motorola’s New Mobile Unit CEO Sanjay Jha: ‘Too Little, Too Late?’ - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Tue 05 Aug 2008 03:23 AM PST

Now that Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has chosen a CEO for its struggling handset unit, everyone wants to know can Sanjay Jha save the company, or is he “too little, too…

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