Hamid Akhavan to leave Deutsche Telekom
Public 14.12.2009 in category Press News / People
Bonn Hamid Akhavan, Deutsche Telekom Chief Operating Officer (COO), has requested to leave the company in February next year. This is subject to the approval of the Deutsche Telekom AG Supervisory Board who will meet on December 17. After eight years with Deutsche Telekom in various senior positions based in Bonn, he will take on a new professional challenge in Germany.
"I sincerely appreciate Hamid's tremendous work during the many years that he has spent at Deutsche Telekom and whilst I respect his decision to leave, he will certainly be missed," said Rene Obermann, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Deutsche Telekom. "Hamid has made a significant contribution to the company in terms of his vision, entrepreneurial spirit and delivery. Among his many achievements is pioneering the open mobile internet in 2005, taking leadership in establishing the Next Generation Mobile Network (NGMN) within the industry, forming exclusive partnerships with companies like Apple and Google with new business models and platforms, and creating Connected Life and Work as the integrated product, technology and innovation platform of Deutsche Telekom. I thoroughly enjoyed working with Hamid and on behalf of the Board of Management I want to wish him the best of success with his future endeavors."
As Board member and COO of Deutsche Telekom Hamid Akhavan's Group-wide responsibilities include Products & Innovation, as well as the areas of Technology, IT, Procurement, International Sales and International Marketing. Until March 2009 he was responsible for mobile communications on the Board of Management of Deutsche Telekom, having been appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of T-Mobile International AG in December 2006.
"Deutsche Telekom has undoubtedly provided me with one of the most exciting professional opportunities in my life," said Hamid Akhavan. "My absolute priority over the past months was to help set up Deutsche Telekom as an integrated telecommunications force within the 'one-company project'. Now that we have accomplished this I feel that it is time to move on and to take on another entrepreneurial challenge. In particular I want to thank Rene for his trust and leadership over the past years, and in giving me the opportunity to grow with the company. I want to wish him well as he takes Deutsche Telekom to another level."
Until December 2006, Hamid Akhavan was Chief Technology and Information Officer (CTO) on the Board of Management of T-Mobile International. Following a strategic realignment, he was also appointed CTO of the Deutsche Telekom Group in September 2006. Hamid Akhavan has been working at T-Mobile International since September 2001 and was appointed to the Board of Management in December 2002. Before that, he was Chief Technical Officer and Chief Information Officer at Teligent Inc., an international broadband fixed wireless access company, and held various positions at other technology companies.
About the Company
T-Mobile Czech Republic has been operating in the Czech market since 1996. As of 30 June 2010, almost 5.5 million customers were using T-Mobile mobile services.
T-Mobile operates a public mobile communications network on the GSM standard in the 900 and 1800 MHz bands and is also authorized to operate a UMTS network. Since 1 January 2008, T-Mobile has been providing high-speed internet connection services based on ADSL technology and offering voice services via a public fixed-line electronic communications network. At the end of 2009, T-Mobile extended its portfolio to include ICT services.
Since its establishment, the company has placed emphasis on the quality of offered services, excellent customer service and proper conduct towards business partners, employees and the environment. T-Mobile received, among other awards, the VIA Bona 2009 award for the involvement of its employees in philanthropic and volunteer activities.
T-Mobile is a member of the international telecommunications group Deutsche Telekom. Thanks to the group’s international presence, customers can count on the worldwide availability of their favourite services and take advantage of unified, favourable prices of calls when abroad.
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