Brazil’s information and communications technology companies are facing a shortage of skilled labor. As RCR Wireless News reported previously, in January alone there were about 1,000 open ICT positions in the country. The telecommunications market is also heating up, boosted by data consumption growth and the start of LTE implementation, and it is having a direct [...]

Several Brazilian companies have chosen to invest in employee training to deal with the lack of technically skilled job applicants. This strategy has also been used to reduce employee turnover, another serious concern for information and communications technology (ICT) companies. Be sure to follow us on Twitter, Facebook and subscribe to our free periodic newsletters As RCR Wireless News reported [...]

Brazil has a huge shortage of information and communications technology (ICT) professionals. There are many reasons for the shortage including: universities graduating fewer people than enterprises need; professionals migrating from the telecom industry to the construction sector when it was booming; a lack of skills; and a pay gap between actual company wages and expectations [...]

The Brazilian telecommunications market is heating up, boosted by data consumption growth and the start of LTE implementation, and it is having a direct effect on the labor market. More professionals are needed. However, like the shortage in the IT sector, telecom companies may face difficulty in hiring both entry-level professionals and engineers, although the [...]

Brazilian information technology companies have an ongoing problem: how to fill vacant professional IT positions that remain open year after year. Essentially, the country’s universities and technical schools are graduating fewer professionals than the market requires. And the information and communications technology (ICT) sector needs more skilled, entry-level professionals.  Be sure to follow us on Twitter, Facebook and subscribe [...]

Another change has come to the c-level team at NII Holdings, which operates under the Nextel brand in Latin America. The company announced that Steven Shindler, currently the chairman of the board, will take on the additional position of interim CEO effective immediately. Shindler replaces Steven Dussek, who stepped down as CEO and board member [...]

NII Holdings, which operates under the Nextel brand across Latin America, dismissed the president of its Brazilian operations, Sergio Borges Chaia. The company noted that NII’s COO Gokul Hemmady, current Nextel Brazil COO Claudio Hidalgo and the “local leadership team” will oversee the unit’s operations until a successor is named.  Be sure to follow us [...]

Major leadership changes were announced this week at the Colombian telecommunications regulator (CRC) and the Spanish telecom operator Telefónica. CRC’s executive director, Carlos Andrés Rebellón, has resigned his position. He had been the head of the CRC since November 5, 2010. In his resignation letter, Rebellón cited personal reasons, thanked Colombia’s president, Juan Manuel Santos [...]

Hewlett-Packard said it plans to cut 2,000 more jobs than the 27,000 cuts announced last May, bringing the total number of cuts to 29,000. The company said it will lay off workers in a restructuring effort aimed at saving up to $3.5 billion per year. HP released a regulatory filing today noting that the cuts will [...]

Brazilian telecom services providers, including mobile, fixed, broadband and pay-TV, invested a total of U.S.$11.81 billion (R$21.7 billion) during 2011, according to the Brazilian Association of Telecommunications (Telebrasil). The amount includes network expansion, coverage increases and service quality improvements, among other investments. Follow RCR Wireless News – Americas on Twitter, Facebook and subscribe to our free periodic newsletters Telecom providers [...]