France Telecom’s new chief expected to deal with suicide issue

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Stephane Richard’s nomination as CEO of France’s largest phone company, France telecom, will be voted on by its board today. Investors want Richard to come up with a plan for the brutally competitive phone market and closing the one year chapter mired by suicides besides developing a strategy for emerging markets.

Richard was hired six months ago, as an eventual successor to Didier Lombard retiring in 2011, following the suicides and criticism from unions and opposition parties on how management dealt with the issue.

According to the company, Richard, currently deputy CEO will deploy the new industrial project as well as the new social contract.