Deutsche Telekom on Tuesday announced it has reorganised T-Systems into three new divisions tasked with focusing on three individual customer segments.
The first two units, called IT and TC (Telecommunication), are self-explanatory. IT will continue to provide T-Systems’ portfolio of traditional IT services, systems integration, and outsourcing. Its principle growth driver will be helping large enterprises migrate to the cloud. Meanwhile, TC has been charged with outperforming the competition when it comes to delivering mobile and fixed communications, as well as convergent services, to business customers.
The third division, Digital, will help enterprises take advantage of emerging technologies, such as machine-to-machine (M2M) and big data.
"The new structure in three product divisions helps us underpin Deutsche Telekom’s leadership aspirations among business customers in Europe," said Reinhard Clemens, CEO of T-Systems, in a statement.
Each unit will take responsibility for targeting growth areas, and developing and selling products and services.
T-Systems also revealed who will be heading up the new divisions.
The German incumbent has hired Anette Bronder, who most recently served as director of group technology enterprise solutions at Vodafone, to manage Digital.
"She is a first-class manager in those innovative areas for which we are setting up the Digital division. And she knows inside out what is involved in working together internationally with business customers," said Clemens.
Meanwhile, Ferri Abolhassa, who previously headed up delivery at T-Systems, will oversee the IT division. Finally, Patrick Molck-Ude will take charge of TC; until now he was head of sale s and service for business customers at Deutsche Telekom’s retail arm.
"Moving individuals within the group helps us promote understanding and collaboration across our business units, something that is extremely important to me…But we also supplement our in-house expertise where necessary by bringing in external top performers," said Deutsche Telekom CEO Tim Höttges.
"This way we achieve the ideal combination of specialist, market and corporate knowledge," he said.
