Thursday, May 7, 2009

Telstra Appoints New Chairman and New CEO

David Thodey, Telstra's Group Managing Director of Enterprise and Government, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Telstra, effective upon the departure of current CEO Sol Trujillo. IBM's Australian and New Zealand operations. In his current position, he has been responsible for Telstra's corporate, government and large business customers in Australia, TelstraClear in New Zealand and Telstra's international sales division.Separately, Donald McGauchie resigned as Chairman and from the Telstra board. Catherine Livingstone, a Telstra board...

Verizon Wireless Sees Advantages in Rapid LTE Rollout

Verizon Wireless has a history of rapidly deploying new technology to gain a competitive advantage, said Tony Melone, SVP & CTO of Verizon Wireless, speaking at Ericsson's Capital Markets event in Boston, and the will do so again with LTE. Verizon Wireless is currently in the middle of phase 3 LTE trials and has already selected its principal vendors for the initial rollout. Phase 4 of LTE testing with begin soon using 700 MHz spectrum, thus...