AT&T's Sigman to retire; de la Vega to lead Wireless Unit; Stankey to lead Telecom Operations.SAN ANTONIO San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. -- AT&T Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :T) today announced that Stan Sigman Stanley T. Sigman, or Stan Sigman is president and chief executive officer of wireless at AT&T—the nation’s largest wireless provider.A long-time wireless industry leader, Sigman has held similar positions at SBC Communications, where he helped start SBC’s , president and chief executive officer, AT&T Mobility, will retire after 42 years with the company. Ralph de la Vega Ralph de la Vega, a native of Cuba, is the President and CEO - AT&T Mobility.Previously, he was the President of Latin America Operations, and the President of Broadband and Internet Services for BellSouth's operations in ten countries (Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia,Venezuela, , group president-Regional Telecom & Entertainment, was named president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , AT&T Mobility, replacing Sigman, effective immediately. Sigman will assist with the transition through year-end. John Stankey, AT&T group president-Operations Support, will add the company's regional telecom operations to his current responsibilities. Stankey's appointment to group president-Telecom Operations is effective immediately. "Stan is one of the industry's most outstanding and accomplished leaders," said Randall Stephenson, chairman and CEO of AT&T. "Our customers, our employees and our stockholders have benefited tremendously from his unsurpassed vision, expertise and tireless commitment to growing the business. We greatly appreciate his many contributions and wish him all the best in the years ahead." Mr. de la Vega de la Vega is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning "of the plain" and may refer to: People (arranged by date of birth)
The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. from 2004 to 2006. During that time, de la Vega successfully led the integration of the Cingular/AT&T Wireless merger, planning for the iPhone, the deployment of 3G service, and the introduction of numerous industry shaping new devices and services. Before joining Cingular, he served as president-BellSouth Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. . He also served as BellSouth's president of Broadband and Internet Services. Mr. Stankey will now be responsible for sales, marketing, operations and network for AT&T's five regional telecom units, in addition to his current responsibilities, which include customer care, IT, network operations, planning and engineering, procurement and corporate real estate. Stankey has led the company's transition to IP networks, the deployment of AT&T's ground-breaking AT&T U-verse[TM] TV service, improvements in operational efficiency, and the majority of merger synergies achieved through the AT&T Corp. and BellSouth acquisitions. Previously, Stankey was chief information officer for the company, served as president and CEO of AT&T's Southwest region, and was president of Industry Markets, AT&T's wholesale division. "Our company has great momentum and a strong team that is moving quickly to put all of AT&T's networks, products and innovative services to work for customers - connecting them to their world, everywhere they live and work, better than anyone else," Stephenson said. Stankey and de la Vega will continue reporting to Stephenson. Note: This AT&T release and other news announcements are available as part of an RSS feed Summaries of Web site content that are published in the RSS format for download. See RSS. at www.att.com/rss. About AT&T AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is a premier communications holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates, AT&T operating companies, are the providers of AT&T services in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and around the world. Among their offerings are the world's most advanced IP-based business communications services and the nation's leading wireless, high speed Internet access and voice services. In domestic markets, AT&T is known for the directory publishing and advertising sales leadership of its Yellow Pages and YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations, and the AT&T brand is licensed to innovators in such fields as communications equipment. As part of its three-screen integration strategy, AT&T is expanding its TV entertainment offerings. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. . (c) 2007 AT&T Knowledge Ventures. All rights reserved. AT&T and the AT&T logo are trademarks of AT&T Knowledge Ventures. For more information, please review this announcement in the AT&T newsroom at http://www.att.com/newsroom. |
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