AT&T Appoints Senior Executive to Lead New Emerging Devices Organization

AT&T has appointed Glenn Lurie, formerly the president of national distribution for AT&T Mobility, to lead the company’s initiative to introduce wireless capabilities into a wide variety of emerging wireless devices beyond the traditional handset.

As president of AT&T Emerging Devices, national distribution and resale, Mr Lurie will lead the company’s strategic initiative to drive the innovation that will bring wireless connectivity to a host of new consumer electronics devices and applications, including personal computers, mobile internet devices or mini computers, in-car entertainment and navigation systems, cameras and machine-to-machine communications solutions.

Ralph de la Vega, CEO of AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets, said: “Glenn has a solid track record of energetic and dynamic leadership, strategic development and driving results. He led the negotiations with Apple that made the iPhone exclusive to AT&T in the US, and in this expanded role, he will continue to find more innovative devices and applications to run on AT&T’s networks.”