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Comment Last week saw AOL Time Warner's Bob Pittman (COO and CEO of the AOL unit) make a break and it wasn't that long ago that Jean-Marie Messier exited the top spot at Vivendi Universal and Ron Sommer departed Deutsche Telekom. [29 Jul 2002]
Middelhoff quits
News Ron Sommer stepped down as chief executive earlier this month and Middelhoff certainly has the international experience to put him on the short-list. Thomas Middelhoff, one of Europe's leading media players, quit his job... [29 Jul 2002]
Deutsche Telekom boss steps down
News Embattled Deutsche Telekom chief executive Ron Sommer has ended speculation about his future by resigning. Fifty-three year old Sommer, who many blame for the fall in Deutsche Telekom's share price... [16 Jul 2002]
Trouble at the top for Deutsche Telekom chief
News The German government has put forward its preferred candidate to replace Deutsche Telekom (DT) CEO Ron Sommer. The government will tomorrow need to win over the company's board with a two-thirds majority vote to oust... [15 Jul 2002]
Knives out for Sommer
News Deutsche Telekom's Ron Sommer is battling to hold onto his position as CEO at the troubled telco after the German government made it known it was looking for a replacement. The German government, which holds a 43 per... [12 Jul 2002]
Telco fat cat boycotts stock options
News Ron Sommer, CEO of Deutsche Telekom, and seven other board members have declined stock option bonuses this year due to the company's falling value. Shareholders in the business have blamed the falling share price and... [18 Jun 2002]
Deutsche Telekom chief gets booed by shareholders
News Ron Sommer, the chief executive of German telco giant Deutsche Telekom, came under fire from his own shareholders yesterday after announcing that he and his fellow board members enjoyed a 90 per cent increase in their... [29 May 2002]
Mixed day for Deutsche Telekom
News Meanwhile, it has emerged eight board members - including embattled CEO Ron Sommer - have rewarded themselves with hefty pay rises, earning E17.4m each in 2001, up 90 per cent year-on-year. Rumours of Deutsche Telekom... [24 Apr 2002]
T-Mobile faces third delay
News However, CEO Ron Sommer hinted that neither of these times might prove to be suitable. We prepare thoroughly to be able to float on either date but we cannot rule out that it will happen on either date,"... [25 Feb 2002]
Euro today, gone tomorrow for Deutsche Telekom
News Deutsche Telekom's chief executive Ron Sommer told a news conference in Berlin the company will float its T-Mobile wireless arm, including the UK's One2One network, in 2002. Sommer confirmed that 170... [28 Aug 2001]
Deutsche Telekom chief seeks to reassure investors
News Deutsche Telekom chief executive Ron Sommer said the company's performance was on target and highlighted the recent takeover of US telecoms company VoiceStream. Sommer said: "Our shares may have fallen... [16 Aug 2001]
German 3G co-operation cuts costs
News Vodafone's Chris Gent and Deutsche Telekom's Ron Sommer both feature in silicon.com's Agenda Setters 2001. Tomorrow's expected 3G network sharing confirmation by the German telecommunications regulator would bring costs... [04 Jun 2001]
Deutsche Telekom's 'anti-competitive' action brings lawsuit
News Deutsche Telekom's Ron Sommer features in silicon.com's Agenda Setters 2001. World Access has a 33 per cent share in German telecoms company Teldafax, whose access to Deutsche Telekom's network was blocked after it... [24 Apr 2001]
German telco chiefs face criminal prosecution
News Deutsche Telekom is also facing an investigation by the Bonn state prosecutor, at the company's shareholder's request, over allegations that its CEO Ron Sommer misled investors about the value of its real estate... [13 Mar 2001]
Germany to be DSL world beater, says Deutsche Telekom
News Speaking at the telco's 10th Internationales Presse Kolloquium in Berlin yesterday, Sommer claimed that this availability surpasses the rest of the world. Telekom's Sommer rejected claims the German... [01 Feb 2001]
