Alcatel Appoints Eddie Minshull as President of Northern Europe.Business & Technology Editors PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 13, 2000 Alcatel (Paris: CGEP CGEP Commonwealth Graduate Engineering Program (Virginia) CGEP Center for Gifted Education Policy .PA and NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : ALA) today announced the appointment of Eddie Minshull as the President of Northern Europe. The Alcatel Northern Europe region includes key countries such as the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands and the Nordic region. Mr. Minshull will be responsible for driving sales and support, marketing and strategic operations across Alcatel's extensive business portfolio throughout the Northern European region from his base in the UK. "Eddie Minshull's appointment will be fundamental to the continued success of Alcatel's comprehensive product portfolio spanning many technologies including DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary , broadband wireless See wireless broadband. access and mobile communications within Northern Europe. This is a crucial marketplace for us and Eddie will play a key part in the future success of the Company," said Julien de Wilde, President of Alcatel for Europe, Middle East, Africa and India. Mr. Minshull came from the former Newbridge Networks Newbridge Networks was an Ottawa, Ontario, Canada company founded by Canadian/Welsh entrepreneur Terry Matthews. It was founded in 1986 to create data and voice networking products after Matthews was forced out of his original company Mitel. , which was recently acquired by Alcatel. He joined Newbridge in May 1999 as Vice President of Channels and Alliances for Europe, the Middle East and Africa Europe, the Middle East and Africa, usually abbreviated to EMEA, is a regional designation used for government, marketing and business purposes. It is particularly common amongst North American based companies, who often divide their international operations into the and brings many years of managerial experience, including his work at Compaq. About Alcatel Alcatel builds next generation networks, delivering integrated end-to-end voice and data networking solutions to established and new carriers, as well as enterprises and consumers worldwide. With 120,000 employees and sales of Euro 23 billion in 1999, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries. Information about Alcatel is available on the Internet at http://www.alcatel.com. |
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