movers and shakers

Reuters | August 29, 2011 | Tarmo Virki Blyk, a pioneer in the mobile-telephone advertising business, said on Tuesday it has appointed its chief commercial officer, Eric Kip, to take over as chief executive, replacing co-founder Pekka Ala-Pietila. Read the …

Deutsche Telekom | August 25, 2011 | Press Release Francis Deprez (46) is to take over as Chief Executive Officer of the international consulting company Detecon effective September 1, 2011. To date, he has been Head of Group Strategy at …

Telekom Austria | August 17, 2011 | Press Release Vienna, 17 August 2011: Today, the Telekom Austria Group (VSE: TKA, OTC US: TKAGY) announced that the supervisory board of Telekom Austria Group has decided yesterday to extend the contract of …

Comfone | July 27, 2011 | Press Release Bern, Switzerland, 27 July 2011 – The Comfone Board of Directors has announced the appointment of the company’s former Senior Vice President EMEA Business Operations, Peter Rippstein, to the post of Comfone’s …

Orange | July 27, 2011 | Press Release Benoit Scheen, currently Chief Executive Officer of Mobistar in Belgium, has been appointed Executive Vice President of Europe (excluding France) of France Telecom-Orange as from 1 September 2011. In this role, he …

Orange | July 27, 2011 | Press Release Marc Blanchet has been named Director of Enterprise France, effective 1 October 2011. His mission will be to improve customer satisfaction, increase revenues and sell convergent and IT offers on markets under …

France Telecom – Orange | July 21, 2011 | Press Release Laurent Biojoux was appointed Customer Relations Director of Orange France, effective 18 July 2011. Orange France combines the operational activities of France Telecom Orange on French soil. With almost …

Alcatel-Lucent | July 20, 2011 | Press Release Paris, July 20, 2011 – Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced the following management changes being made with immediate effect. As part of the company’s continuing focus on applications and …

Everything Everywhere | July 18, 2011 | Press Release Everything Everywhere Ltd today announced the appointment of Olaf Swantee as Chief Executive Officer as of 1st September 2011. He will replace Tom Alexander who has resigned for personal reasons and …

BBC News | July 18, 2011 The boss of Everything Everywhere, the parent group of UK mobile phone networks Orange and T-Mobile, is standing down for “personal reasons”. Read the full article here via BBC News

Mobile TeleSystems | July 11, 2011 | Press Release Moscow, Russian Federation – Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (“MTS” or the “Company” – NYSE: MBT), the leading telecommunications provider in Russia and the CIS, announces changes to the organizational structure of the …

UOL | May 10, 2011 | Press Release Universo Online S.A. informs its shareholders and the market that on the present date Mr. Eduardo Alcaro took office as M&A Executive Officer for UOL and will take office as Chief Financial Officer and …

Fox Business News | March 28, 2011 | Dhanya Ann Thoppil BANGALORE -(Dow Jones)- Microsoft Corp. (MSFT: 25.41, -0.21, -0.82%) Monday said it named the ex-chief of Oracle India, Bhaskar Pramanik, as new chairman of the U.S. software giant’s India unit. Pramanik, previously …