T-Mobile International chief technology officer,
Joachim Horn, is leaving the company at the end of March.
The operator said that horn is looking to ‘pursue a
new professional opportunity outside of Germany’. A successor will be
announced ‘in the near future’.
During his time at T-Mobile, Horn was responsible for
implementing large scale network modernisation in the core, radio and service
platforms. He is also credited with laying the foundation for mobile broadband
at the company by introducing both HSPA and Edge in the European networks.
Horn joined T-Mobile in 2003 as technology director
for T-Mobile Germany and head of planning and engineering for T-Mobile
International. He took on the role of chief technology officer and member of
the executive committee in December 2006.