Olaf Swantee

A consortium of investors finalised a purchase of T-Mobile Netherlands from Deutsche Telekom and Tele2 Group for €5. 1 billion, alongside installing industry veteran Olaf Swantee as chairman of the Dutch operator’s supervisory board.

T-Mobile Netherlands’ prospective new owners reportedly tapped Olaf Swantee (pictured) to take the role of chairman at the operator should a deal go through, rumours which broke days after the industry veteran resigned from Vodafone Group’s board.

Vodafone Group revealed Olaf Swantee (pictured) would join its board in July, with the industry veteran also set to step down from a similar role at Sweden-based Telia.

Swiss operator Sunrise faced an exodus of senior leaders with CEO Olaf Swantee (pictured) resigning immediately and its chairman and vice-chairman set to quit in April.

EE CEO Olaf Swantee speaks to Justin Springham from Mobile World Live about how the planned acquisition of his company by BT will affect their future.

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Olaf Swantee, CEO of the UK’s number-one operator EE, said the company plans to offer LTE-Advanced services in central London by the end of the summer.

Olaf Swantee (pictured), EE’s chief executive, reckons a London listing would not solely be about raising cash for France Telecom and Deutsche Telekom, the UK operator’s parent companies.