Bllling systems provider Lifecycle Software, has appointed chief commercial officer Liz Parry as its new Chief Executive Officer. She takles over from Kelvin Chaffer, who is leaving the company after 23 years to become CEO of group company Neural Technologies specialising in revenue assurance. Lifecycle is an online charging system, billing and business support solution

Vodafone Customer Marketing VP Frank Wiemann has joined Lyca Mobile as the Chief Marketing Officer. Wiemann will work on branding development across Lyca Mobile’s global footprint. He has around two decades of experience in the telecommunications industry and has held various senior leadership roles at E.ON, o.tel.o communications, and Vodafone in Germany, Spain, and the

Vodafone chief commercial officer Max Taylor is now  CEO  replacing Ahmed Essam who now becomes Executive Chairman Vodafone Germany and CEO European Markets. As chief commercial officer he was responsible for the commercial performance of the Consumer division including sales and marketing, digital, brand, customer experience and commercial operations. Taylor has 25 years experience in

Samsung Electronics UK has appointe ex-Nike and Amazon executive  Deborah Honig as its first-ever Chief Customer Officer. She spent the first part of her career as a management consultant at McKinsey where she was part of the consumer practice and advised global businesses on strategy, marketing and commercial leadership.   Honig has worked for Nike, Amazon,

Virgin Media O2 chief commercial officer Rob Orr (main pic) has taken over as chief operating officer to replace Gareth Turpin who has left the business.

Dublin-based circular technology company Alchemy, has opened new offices in Dubai and Miami which it says will give it the capacity to process another one million devices annually. The company says it has now processed more than five million devices globally for a second life. Alchemy offers device warehousing, device triage and grading, reverse solutions

A board director of German building materials company Heidelberg Materials AG, has been appointed to the £760,000 role of Vodafone Group chief financal officer following a “rigorous international and cross-sector search” 

Lyca Group chief financial officer Richard Schäfer has been promoted to chief executive officer He joined Lyca two years ago from rival MVNO Lebara where he was group financial officer. Schäfer (main pic) has worked in UK and international telecoms for more than 22 years and has held positions at Three UK, Vodafone UK, Onecom,

… as Group MD Paul Bryan moves to an international role

Adam Turton moves into Rob Sims’ hot seat 

Legg has 30 years of experience in the telecoms sector

Froment-Curtil’s successor has not been announced yet

The announcement is part of BT Group’s better workplace programme in the UK

Milligan’s current position as Three’s director of service operations and assurance has seen him work with the board to define Three’s operating strategy

Glasgow is seen by the business as the Scottish hub for IoT

Higgin has a career spanning over 25 years working in energy, utilities and infrastructure roles

A long-time veteran at the company, Jim Cathey will report to CEO Cristiano Amon

The O2 Direct Partner has identified its new Bruton office as its first ‘satellite office’

Radius has been active in Northern Ireland with acquisition of two telecoms firms

Bennett joins from EE, where he spent 10 years

The move adds an additional 700 customers to the Onecom Group

Whyman joins the Telecoms and IT software company from Mainline

The investigation focuses on dates prior to O2’s merger with Virgin Media

Bates has over 35-years experience working in finance roles

Businesses have sought to replace fixed lines with internet-based comms in recent years

Jogia will begin the role in October

Former Vodafone-man Foley joins from CarTrawler

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Ian Rankin has been tasked with expanding Sim Local’s international business 

Ashutosh Sarkar will be responsible for the development of Lycamobile’s digital infrastructure

Three is aiming to have employees working at the new office by Q3 2021

The company has report a boost in sales during the pandemic 

Wade takes over from retiring CPMO Alan Mackie

The ruling upholds a previous judicial review challenge that also went against the Home Office

New head office will account for increased remote work preference, says CEO Finnegan

New Bailey site will have capacity for up to 2,000 employees

MNO also adds former Ericsson and O2 man Peter Gilson as director of RAN

Temperature scanners and social distancing management on offer

Despite lockdown measures easing many UK businesses are still operating remotely

Former MPD and AO man will oversee device protection and lifecycle services

Melis brings 14 years of experience to the role after a long stint at Italian operator Wind Tre

Vishal Chhatralia joins from RS Components to drive digital charge at the distributor 

Exertis acquired distributor in 2018

Post Office have accepted the fine and liability for the rule breach

Thorpe to take control of CityFibre’s network delivery strategy

The Chinese telecommunications company aims to grow its reputation in the region

Firm targets 500pc turnover growth in 2020

All of the new locations will benefit from the latest 5G technology

The Scottish dealer is aiming to break the £20m revenue barrier this year

Similar expansion plans are underway for North America

Watson joins a number of speakers on the panel

The move north of the boarder is the first office outside the North East for the communications provider

The Salford office replaces previous offices in the North West of England in Warrington and Irlam

The dealer adds new office to those in Hull and Leeds as it expands into the North East

Pangea now holds two bases and is looking to recruit six more members of staff before the end of the year

Nearly half of UK workers can’t make calls or use data inside the office according to CommScope survey

Michael Sherman starts in the newly-created role on May 1

O2 chief operating officer Derek McManus predicts a “Wave” of innovation thanks to new airwaves in preparation for 5G

Shadi Halliwell will begin her role on September 4 this year

The London-based firm will provide the West Midlands council with fixed lines, internet access, SIP trunks and wide area network (WAN) capabilities

Almost half (49pc) of office workers experience mobile signal where they currently work, resulting in poor call quality and even drop calls

It adds to £65 million turnover Onecom achieved at the end of last year with connections also gained

He took on the role in 2011 and led the operator’s #makeitright campaign

Additional sales executives will treble headcount at base in Shropshire as part of continued investment

The news follows Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao admitted vote to leave EU would make things “more difficult” for the operator

Accessories manufacturer moved into new Cannock base with 30,000Sqft warehouse last month

CEO Marc Allera has confirmed the operator is preparing to move later this year

Distributor will move to larger premises on same Basingstoke site to consolidate all 380 employees into one building

EE network not “resilient enough” to effectively manage “life or death situations”

Dixons office in Hemel Hempstead has now closed, with around 2,300 employees now located in new base

Recycler also lays out plans to target retailers, networks and distribution partners as part of further expansion in the Middle East and North Africa

Asian centre of excellence in Shenzen has managed products in excess of £200 million in past 12 months

Office relocated to UK HQ in Milton Keynes; Move marks final integration of Brighpoint

10 per cent of all O2 business contracts now have a digital service according to business director Ben Dowd…

Svendsen-Tune will join from Nokia Networks on April 1

Littlefair leaves operator after seven years to join insurance firm Aviva

Hardware distributor to provide mobiles, SIM cards and accessories for the upcoming launch of the Post Office’s MVNO

Newly-merged retailer says 20 per cent of its combined head office staff will be leaving between May and October 2015

One of the bosses of the cloud service provider to provide insight to SMEs from the IT sector to help them win more public service contracts

All 80 office-based employees moving to renovated premises, which also houses Peter Jones-owned companies eXpansys and Jessops

Vodafone Platinum Partner takes over the offices next to its existing base in Whiteley to house senior management and 70 customer service staff

Software giant breaks with strategy for only allowing Office suite on Windows tablets

Further expansion planned by firm including new mobile website.

Roles deemed unnecessary following a mulit-million pound update of the retailer’s internal IT systems last year

Premises, located a mile from its head office in Birmingham, to focus on the online accessories retailer’s international growth plans

EE principal partner also takes on six new business account managers as part of its expansion plans this year

Vodafone platinum partner planning a further office opening later this year and will also look to increase staff numbers by 25 per cent