Optus has slashed 180 jobs and 70 roles that had yet be filled have been cancelled.

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion is cutting 2000 jobs as part of a cost savings plan announced last month and is shuffling some senior executives.

Telstra has flagged plans to cut a further 950 staff as part of the latest stage in a dramatic company-wide simplification strategy being driven by chief executive, David Thodey.

Swedish networking giant, Ericsson, has announced plans to lay off 80 permanent staff and 10 contractors by the end of this year.

Telstra says it has not confirmed how many jobs will be cut under its plan to simplify its business, as unions demand more information from the telco giant.

Optus has confirmed it has cut a number of staff from its subsidiary IT services business, Alphawest.

Hewlett-Packard Co. today said it is cutting 9,000 jobs, but also plans to hire 6,000 new workers as part of shift to highly automated data centers that rely less on people with hands-on IT skills and more on those with sales and delivery expertise.

Hewlett-Packard has announced plans to cut 9,000 jobs as it restructures its enterprise services business and automates the services it offers enterprise customers.