Executive Perspectives - View from the #FinanceSummit

At last months Total Telecom Finance Summit a number of speakers were kind enough to share their opinions on a range of finance and related issues. Informative and insightful, this interview is well worth a watch.



Featured speakers:

• Mr Fabrizio Mambrini - CFO, Cell C
• Mr Tom Homer - CEO, Telstra Global
• Mr Patrice Cochelin - Analytical Manager, Telecommunications and Technology Ratings, EMEA, Standard & Poor's
• Mr Andre Sokol - Founder, Akira Partners
• Mr Roland da Silva - Partner, Value Partners
• Mr Amjad Khan - CEO, Bangla Phone Limited

The 2013 Finance Summit will take place in London on the 9 & 10 October 2012. To find our more about how to get involved, email sales@totaltele.com 

C-ing The Light

It's musical chairs for the CxO's with Luis Alvarez appointment at BT Global Services arguably the biggest news, but we've also seen Mario Rossi named as the new CFO at Swisscom and Telefónica European head José María Álvarez-Pallete promoted to chief operating officer.


There's a common language to the appointments with BT talking of an "important juncture for BT Global Services", Swisscom a "broader push to overhaul the telco's senior management" and  Telefónica  looking to create an organisational structure that would be “stable over time and ready to compete internationally”. Fundamentally this reflects telco's looking to better their current performance, but not just in terms of revenues and profits, but also in terms of financial market perception.

This is a key driver for the operators who are constantly looking to reassure the markets and is an area that will be discussed in the Financial Markets session of the Total Telecom Finance Summit. During this session two leaders, Standard & Poor's and Fitch Ratings will offer a credit ratings perspective of how to keep the market onside.

If this is a discussion that matters to you, then make sure you book your place at the Finance Summit before the 21 September to guarantee the best possible price. With participants already confirmed from operators including AT&T, BT Global Services, Cell C, Colt, du, Easynet, Everything Everywhere, Interoute, Orange, Swisscom, Telecom Italia, Telstra Global, Turk Telecom, Verizon, and Virgin Media, you'll be in excellent company! View the delegate list HERE 

Monday Telecom Headlines: 17 September

• Mobile operators see costs now, gains later from new iPhone 
• Chinese vendors face skeptical US lawmakers
• BT revenues will continue to fall, but outlook positive 
• Swisscom names new CFO
• Italy's antitrust watchdog launches telco probe

** CATCH UP ON THE REST OF THE WEEK'S NEWS WITH THE FRIDAY REVIEW **

Mobile operators see costs now, gains later from new iPhone
Analyst cuts Q3 earnings estimates for AT&T, Sprint, Verizon to reflect higher subsidy costs.
http://goo.gl/1kJBF

Chinese vendors face skeptical US lawmakers
Huawei, ZTE head to Washington to dispute suggestions that U.S. expansion represents national security threat.
http://goo.gl/zbtza

BT revenues will continue to fall, but outlook positive
Ratings firm upgrades U.K. incumbent's outlook thanks to solid operating performance and strong free cash flow generation.
http://goo.gl/ASqAC

Swisscom names new CFO
Mario Rossi to replace Ueli Dietiker as telco overhauls senior management in bid to shore up domestic business.
http://goo.gl/KjqRz

Italy's antitrust watchdog launches telco probe
Regulator investigating whether Vodafone, Wind, Telecom Italia agreed to block Bip from market.
http://goo.gl/vtulj

Friday Review: Particle physics
U.K. mobile operator goes dotty with rebranding exercise as iPhone 5 grabs the world's attention.
http://goo.gl/e3RnP