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e&’s Group CEO announces departure after six years and record results

Hatem Dowidar is stepping down to be replaced by the CEO of e& UEA, Masood M Sharif Mahmood, from 1 April – e& Group's net profit for 2025 grew 33.6% to €3.321bn

Openreach’s CEO moves to BT’s int’l unit amid possible spin-outs

Katie Milligan, Openreach’s Deputy CEO, will assume the new role from 1 April at a time of uncertainly and flux

Telefónica’s new UK office reports to Group COO to oversee Strategic Plan

It will be headed up by Telefónica Group's Mario Martin, who has "a remarkable track record in industrial management, strategic partnerships and value creation"

Proximus’ new broom does a partial sweep of the top table

The new appointments and additional responsibilities are effective immediately, ahead of the big strategic plan reveal slated for 27 February

CTO at Telenet promoted to network strategist at Liberty Global

From 1 March 2026, Luk Bruynseels will be MD Networks & Capital Allocation at Telenet group's parent company, Liberty Global – a key role in shaping network strategy

Verizon’s CEO surprise departure as Telefonica’s new head readies strategy

Hans Verstberg led US operator for more than seven years but is replaced with immediate effect by PayPal's former CEO; Telefónica reportedly plans to shed up to 7% of workforce

Blanca Ceña to lead Vodafone, MasOrange fibre joint venture

The new Spanish wholesale fibre provider, FibreCo, was formed by the merger of MasOrange and Vodafone's fibre units in August

Vodafone’s Pignatelli replaces Intel’s Chan as President of TIP

Pignatelli is a long-standing member of TIP's board with "deep expertise and passion for open and disaggregated networks"

Gopalan is T-Mobile’s CEO after 7 months as Sievert steps down after 6 years

Srini Gopalan joined T-Mobile US as Chief Operating Officer in March and will assume the mantle of its CEO from 1 November – a succession plan in action

The winners of Mobile Europe’s CTO of the Year Awards 2025 are…

Ayman Amiri of Orange Egypt won the Gamechanger Award and Jorge Méndez Prieto of Spain's Onivia is our Trailblazer of the Year – congratulations to them and all those shortlisted

Proximus Global appoints Seckin Arikan as new CEO

Proximus Global comprises BICS, Telesign and Route Mobile – Arikan spent more than 26 years at Ericsson, including as COO of Vonage Proximus Global, which...

MEA’s CMC Networks appoints new MD to drive AI-powered connectivity

Formerly Mahesh Jaishankar was an advisor at Arthur D Little, led Strategic Negotiations, GNA at Google and helped launch du's datamena

Greg Mesch is ‘kicked upstairs’, COO Holden becomes CEO at CityFibre

Mesch built the firm into the UK’s largest altnet full fibre platform over the last 15 years and now becomes Vice Chair

T-Systems appoints first Chief Sovereignty Officer

Sign of the times as call for digital sovereignty in Europe grows louder along with the desire to reduce dependency on US hyperscalers

Zayo Europe appoints Davin Rice as Chief Business Development, Strategy Officer

The former AWS exec is tasked with driving Zayo's pan-European growth – "The opportunity to shape Europe’s digital future has never been greater," he claims
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