WSJ: Verizon Wireless' CEO McAdam to become Verizon president and COO, likely next CEO 11
From the "but is it good for the webOS community?" department comes the news via the Wall Street Journal that Lowell McAdam, the current CEO of Verizon Wireless, has been picked to become the new president and chief operating officer of parent company Verizon. McAdam now also becomes the expected successor to current 64-year-old Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg. McAdam will still be supervising the company's wireless businesses, but now also will be responsible for its wire-line and services operations. His current position as Verizon Wireless CEO will be filled by Daniel Mead, currently the EVP and COO at Verizon Wireless.
It will be interesting to see how Mead may approach the company's relationships with Palm, especially its decision to leave unfixed the demonstrated GPS crippling on its Pre Plus and Pixi Plus smartphones, and whether McAdam's more senior position will make it less likely the company might change direction. Longer term, having McAdam move upward could suggest a reduction in the relative importance of the non-wireless sides of Verizon's business, especially given that McAdam was a former chairman of the Board of Directors of the CTIA, the wireless industry trade association.
We congratulate both McAdam and Mead on their promotions, and wish them (and their partnership with Palm) well.
Source: WSJ
11 Comments
this news are lame
Kinda tough to parse that title.
Agreed.
Target acquired.
It's kind of a bad time to post the words "next ceo" in the title when we're all waiting for hp's new CEO, which some news sites are reporting will be chosen this week.
Overall, I have no Idea what to make of this news, especially since I live in Canada. :p
Happily, we've covered that search as well. See how responsive we are to our readers' needs here at PreCentral? :) {Jonathan}
I'm pretty sure that the Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus GPS issues are the last thing on Mead's mind, unfortunately.
I'm sure he'll spend most of his time rubbing Android phones all over his body. I'm not sure if I can blame him. Those phones are flying off the shelves.
They should hire Mark Hurd...
It's hard to imagine that this will change anything. It's really difficult to imagine that this decision was made at the CEO level. More likely the issue never got anywhere near that high up and the new CEO is not likely to change the position.
Even in the unlikely event that the decision did get that high up, that guy's still the boss of the parent company.
I don't see the Verizon GPS issue changing at all.
Funny. i only know one person with a Pixi and he bought it cause his specifically cause it did NOT have wifi.
His pre kept not connecting to the internet cause the wifi couldn't find a network and he got pissed. When his pre broke he chose a pixi cause of no wifi. wierd.
I purchased a Pre Plus from Verizon the first day it went on sale. I live in the Atlanta metro area and have never had an issue with GPS. When using Google maps my location is accurate within 5-10 feet. Also there is no delay in finding my location. I Never had to start Verizon nav app. Wonder if the gps issue some folks are having is locale related?