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ECTA
forms a CEO Council
August saw the announcement of a new ECTA initiative,
which we believe will be of great importance for
the industry and the Association. We have formed
a CEO Council, initially comprising the CEO’s
of 13 leading telecom operators across Europe, to
advise and assist the Board of ECTA in dealing with
matters of significance to the telecoms sector.
The membership of the Council represents a broad
geographical spread across the EU, with representatives
from global, pan-European and national operators.
We hope that this will serve to strengthen ECTA,
by involving the leaders of the industry more closely
with the work of the Association and improving our
ability to influence politicians, regulators and
EU officials.
The first meeting of the Council will take place
in London in October. Following the meeting, a group
of CEO’s will meet Stephen Carter, Chief Executive
of OFCOM, the UK’s new converged regulatory
authority, to discuss the progress of the Telecoms
Review that the regulator is undertaking. The Review
is intended to be a “root-and-branch”
analysis of the industry and could have significant
and lasting implications for all of us. The meeting,
in the middle of Phase II of the Review, will be
ideally timed for our CEO’s to give the views
of the new entrants on the industry’s priorities
to OFCOM.
Patrick Gallagher, CEO of FLAG Telecom, has agreed
to be the first Chairperson of the Council. The
other inaugural members of the body are:
Harald Stöber, CEO, Arcor AG
Tommaso Pompei, CEO, Wind
Jean-Yves Charlier, CEO, Colt
Raj Raithatha, CEO, Versatel
Roberto de Diego Arozamena,CEO, Jazztel
Francesco Caio,CEO, Cable & Wireless
Ruud Huisman, CEO, Tiscali
Ari-Jussi Knaapila, COO, Song Networks
Philip Rowley, President, AOL Europe
Simon Duffy, CEO, NTL
Andy Macleod, MD EMEA, MCI
Woiciech Madalski, CEO, Netia
For a copy of the full press release, please click
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