T, US CEO Helm, incumbent COO successor

Philippe Hem (Philipp humm) Sina Science and technology News of Beijing time June 28, t the United States (hereinafter referred to as "T") in Wednesday, said the company's CEO Philippe Hem (Philipp Humm) has left, he will return to Europe and his family reunion. T said the company COO Jim Ol (Jim alling) will temporarily replace Helm's position, and the company will look for new CEO candidates. Helm became CEO of T two years ago, while his family remained in Europe. T said Helm would leave Deutsche Telekom to seek other careers. "Helm has brought some important innovations to the company over the past few years," said Leni Oberman, the company's CEO, Rene Obermann, a T parent company. Under his leadership, T has made significant improvements in cost conditions and has been leading the company in the difficult stages of the company's planned at&t merger. "When Helm joined T, the company was indeed facing a difficult time in overseeing the merger of T and At&t, which would have created one of the largest telecoms industry mergers in the history of the United States," he said. But it was eventually vetoed by the US government. "There will never be a deal like the size of a at&t merger," Helm said in a recent interview. "Today, as a company that still operates independently, T, the US's fourth-largest wireless provider, is focused on restructuring, including efforts to reduce the speed of customer churn and launch the latest 3G network of iphones that support At&t's sale. Prior to joining T, Helm was head of the European regional business of Deutsche Telekom, who led the company's five national mobile companies in Austria, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, the UK and Poland, and in T, the British and French Telecom, Orange UK joint ventures to hold key positions. (Tangfeng)