The Mobile World Congress, held in Barcelona, is the annual conference for smartphone and tablet manufacturers. This is where manufacturers preview their new phones for the year. It comes as no surprise then that all of the major mobile companies were there this year with their newest creations. Read more »
Sometimes, the hard work of an executive is realized when the company they work for is bought out. As a matter of course in corporate negotiations, companies that are being bought out tend to have executives who the new company must either absorb or compensate. Large companies give promotions to the most valuable executives in such mergers as encouragement to stay on to make the transition between the old company and the new company smoother. William D. Ingram has proven his worth in the telecommunications world; in at least two corporate buy-outs, his professional advancement has been a part of the package! Read more »
In the tech sector, there are many important companies whose influence is not felt as widely in the United States as it is in other parts of the world. One company that is still gaining footing in the United States is Archos. Archos has a significant market share in the consumer electronics market in Europe, especially France. Archos produces its own line of portable audio and video players, tablet computers and netbooks. The man who pioneers the various technologies for Archos is Yves Gregoire and he is an impressive engineer! Read more »
With smartphone technology and mobile computing technology constantly changing, it can be exceptionally difficult for a communications business to remain competitive. By the very nature of discovery, if your business is not the first to market with a product or technological advance, you end up following someone else. In the tech sector there are few things worse than being a follower and in the mobile phone carrier industry, that is especially true. So, when Sprint-Nextel and Verizon developed 4G networks for their customers, they left the other telecommunications companies in the dust. That, however, was not enough to stop Neville Ray.
There are plenty of choices out there for mobile service providers – AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint, etc. A new company hopes to join the ranks of these mega-corporations and provide customers with convenient, inexpensive mobile phone service.
There are few sectors of business where the glass ceiling is more evident than the technology sector. For whatever reason, women in executive level and high management positions are almost completely absent from the ranks of the tech sector. Even as some companies in the tech sector work to change the disappointing way women are excluded from top positions, the companies that lead the charge of businesses that have women on their executive management team are always looking to put the best person in the available position. For Deutsche Telekom, the parent company of T-Mobile U.S.A., that meant hiring Claudia Nemat.