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France Telecom named Didier Lombard as new Chairman and CEO, taking over when Thierry Breton was appointed France's finance minister last week.

KPN (NL) plans to slash some 8,000 jobs (between 1,500 and 1,750 jobs a year) through 2009.

Nortel appoints Bill Owens as Vice Chairman and CEO, Gary Daichendt (ex-Cisco) as President and COO, and Peter Currie as Executive VP and CFO.