Suri’s career goes stratospheric as he becomes Inmarsat CEO
Inmarsat has named former Nokia boss Rajeev Suri as its new chief executive, effective at the start of next month.
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Swantee ditches Telia for Vodafone
Olaf Swantee will join Vodafone as a non-executive director this summer, provided his nomination gets the go-ahead from shareholders at the telco’s July AGM.
Amazon faces a great reset as Jeff Bezos does a Bill Gates
Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of internet giant Amazon, has decided it’s time to step back and spend more time with his other projects.
Softbank names new CEO
Softbank has named company insider Junichi Miyakawa (pictured) as the new chief executive of its retail telecoms business.
Ericsson appoints former BT exec to lead its UK 5G charge
Ericsson has poached longtime BT executive Katherine Ainley to head up its UK and Ireland business, whose current focus is squarely on the rollout of 5G networks.
Sky recruits stateside for new CEO
Comcast Cable consumer president Dana Strong will take over as the new group chief executive of Sky this year after longtime holder of the post Jeremy Darroch tendered his resignation.
Macron’s proposed new Arcep head is a controversial choice
French president Emmanuel Macron has named Laure de la Raudière as his choice to lead the country’s telecoms regulator and not everyone is happy about it.
Cristiano Amon is the right choice to run Qualcomm
Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf is calling it a day in June and will be succeeded by the man so seems to be already running the company anyway.
NEC announces exec shake-up in wonderfully sterile fashion
What better way to mark the end of one’s tenure as CEO of a company you have served for 43 years than with a table formatted in HTML?
AT&T names former FCC chief William Kennard as new chairman
With Randall Stephenson’s retirement just around the corner, US heavyweight AT&T has selected former FCC chairman William Kennard to fill his considerably roomy shoes.
End of an era as Singtel CEO Sock Koong hands over the torch
Singapore incumbent Singtel’s consumer chief Yuen Kuan Moon will take over as group CEO from January.
What the hell is going on at Synchronoss? Part 2
Synchronoss, a specialist in digital products for the operator channel, has brought attention to itself for all the wrong reasons once more.
Three UK parades new hires as part of network and IT transformation
Three UK has named two new executives who will play a crucial role in its ongoing network and IT systems transformation project.
Deutsche Telekom gives serial board member Leroy a top non-exec role
Dominique Leroy, who was due to be KPN’s CEO until an insider trading investigation got in the way, is set to join the DT board.
Tele2/Com Hem CEO decides to get a life
Anders Nilsson, CEO of Swedish telco group Tele2, has decided there’s more to life than hanging out in board rooms and bossing people about.
Telia brings in some fresh executive talent
Swedish telco group is having a bit of a strategic rethink, so it has decided for a changing of the guard at the top table too.
Facebook poaches Ofcom gamekeeper
Regulation is coming and Facebook knows it, so it has reportedly persuaded Ofcom’s Director of Content Standards, Licensing and Enforcement to join the team.
Nokia to replace CEO Rajeev Suri
With Nokia’s turnaround still seemingly distant, the Finnish networking vendor has decided it’s time for some fresh leadership.
Nokia reckons it doesn’t need a COO anymore
Joerg Erlemeier, a Nokia lifer who is currently its Chief Operating Officer, is calling it a day at the end of the year and Nokia won’t be replacing him.
Ofcom reported to have picked another civil servant as new boss
There was a time when some degree of telecoms expertise was considered a desirable quality in a prospective head of Ofcom, but that is long gone.
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