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T-Mobile USA CEO Stepping Down In 2011 As Carrier Loses Share

T-Mobile USA, which has seen its business deteriorate over the past two years, will replace veteran CEO Robert Dotson next year with Philipp Humm, the former CEO of T-Mobile Deutschland, Aude Lagorce reports. Humm will be CEO designate from July 1 and CEO starting next February.

"It's certainly time for a strategy review, so it's good timing for a new CEO," says Gartner analyst Katja Ruud. "They need to redefine their position." The only surprise, she maintains, is that it took the company so long to replace Dotson, who has been with the company for 15 years, seven as CEO.

T-Mobile has lost subscribers and market share as Verizon and AT&T have cut prices, threatening its position as the "cheap and cheerful" provider in the U.S. market. It also trails Sprint Nextel.

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