Motorola says its CEO Ed Zander received $13.2 million in compensation in 2006. Zander was paid $1.5 million in salary and $2.2 million in other compensation and was also given stock or option awards worth $9.5 million.
Siemens wins a contract for the development of the GSM mobile network of Telenor Pakistan, the Pakistani subsidiary of Norwegian telecommunications group Telenor. The deal involves the modernization and expansion of the carrier's GSM network.
VSNL Singapore enters into an arrangement with Yahoo on VoIP services. Under the deal, VSNL International will allow Yahoo to use its Teleglobe voice peering and termination services for Yahoo's VoIP traffic globally and will provide international retail call termination for Yahoo's voice services.
Huawei reports that it recorded 28 new UMTS/HSPA contracts in 2006 to become the world's top UMTS solutions provider with a total of 47 contracts to date. With its rapid growth of GSM network deployments over the last three years, Huawei has since emerged as one of the world's top three players in this area, the firm said.