People - 29/06/07

It was already known: FT plans to lay off some 22,000 workers by the end of 2008. According to La Tribune, the cost is estimated to about €2bn. 9600 jobs were scratched in 2006, 5900 jobs will be eliminated by the end of this year and another 5600 by the end of 2008. FT plans to reach 100,000 workers in 2008.

Portugal Telecom has named Daniel Proenca de Carvalho as its new chairman.

Luigi Gubitosi, current Wind CFO, will replace Dal Pino Wind' s CEO, from July.

Telefonica names Jaime Smith as chairman of O2 Germany

DT and union Ver.di agree on 6.5% wage cut, putting an end to their conflict.

Nortel will cut 180 jobs in France.

Co-founder Jerry Yang will become new Yahoo CEO.

Ravi Ruia, vice-chairman of the Essar group, will be chairman of the Vodafone/ Hutchinson Essar unit in India.

Steven J. Bandriwczak to be new chief information officer of Nortel.

Paul Reynolds will replace Telecom NZ CEO Theresa Gattung.

EarthLink named Rolla Huff as the company's new president and CEO.

Covad (US) will cut 8% of its staff in 2Q07.

MetroPCS names Thomas Keys president, COO.

Keith Cowan will join Sprint Nextel as president of strategic planning and corporate initiatives, while John Garcia will become senior vice president of product management and development..

Ronaldo Sardenberg will debut his job at Anatel, Brazil's telecoms regulator, on July 1.

Siemens CEO Peter Loscher is joining the board of NSN, while Klaus Kleinfeld is resigning.