People - 30/03/08

Sprint Nextel has named Steven Elfman to the position of president of network operations and wholesale.

Dee Dutta, Sony Ericsson' s CMO, will quit the company at the end of March.

Raoul Roverato will become FT Orange' s New Growth Businesses.

Ethan Beard, ex Google, will join Facebook as director of business development.

Wang Xudong has been appointed party secretary and vice-minister in the new Ministry of Industry and Information in China.

Kent Osborne, ex ALU executive, has joined TelASIC as VP of manufacturing operations.

Jean-Pierre Vandromme will remain as CEO of Golden Telecom (Russia).