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HP hired Steve Smith, a Lucent executive, as boss of its fast-growing managed services business. Graeme Allan has been appointed vice president for Northern Europe of Alcatel Enterprise Solutions.

Kristin Rinne, Chief Technology Officer for Cingular Wireless, has been elected 2005 Chairperson of the 3G Americas' Board of Governors.

Olivier Baujard has been named Alcatel CTO.

Motorola president is to step down. Mike Zafirovski will leave Motorola at the end of the month.