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Wind (Italy) named Paolo Dal Pino as its new chief executive, effective Jan. 1. Giorgio Della Seta Ferrari replaces Paolo Dal Pino, leaving Telecom Italia SpA to join Wind, Ciena names Arthur Smith as new COO and senior vice president.

Tiscali has appointed former Wind CEO Tommaso Pompei as CEO, Motorola settles lawsuit with its former president Mike Zafirovski for $11.5m cash, payed by Nortel, Tekelec' s CEO is quitting, DT plans to streamline its operations and shed 9% of its workforce...

Karel Van Miert has been named by the EU Commission as mediator on disputes in the Galileo satellite project. More than 1,300 Marconi employees could loose their jobs following Ericsson's purchase of the company. Agere' s CEO John Dickson is quitting,...

George Cope (ex Telus CEO) will become the new President and Chief Operating Officer of Bell Canada. John Killian, senior VP and CFO for Verizon Domestic Telecom, has been named president of the business unit that will combine MCI and Verizon' s Enterprise...

George Cope (ex Telus CEO) will become the new President and Chief Operating Officer of Bell Canada.

Mike Zafirovski, 51, is to be the new president and CEO of Nortel Networks. He will replace 65-year-old retiring Bill Owens on November 15. E-Plus CEO Uwe Bergheim will leave the company at the end of the year.

Motorola appoints Jose R. Figueroa as Corporate Vice President and Regional Manager of Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) for Motorola Networks. It also announced the appointment of Margaret Rice-Jones as corporate vice president and general manager...

Wind CEO Tommaso Pompei is quitting. Pierre Danon (Capgemini N°2 ) is leaving the company. Gilles Pélisson, current Bouygues Telecom CEO, will become Accor Hostels' CEO. Philippe Montagner will become new chairman and CEO of Bouygues Telecom.

Doron Inbar will step down as President and CEO of ECI Telecom; Rafi Maor, current COO, will succeed at the end of 2005. Motorola will cut 1900 jobs at 29 different U.S. and international locations.

Jorma Ollila will quit Nokia in Spring 06. Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, 52, will take over the CEO position. Simultaneously, Kai Öistämö will become president of Mobile Phones unit, and Robert Andersson will lead the Consumer & Market division. De Benedetti...