Joseph O'Konek, the flamboyant head of Taiwan's number three mobile phone service company, Far EasTone Telecommunications Co (
"Joseph O'Konek's current contract with Far EasTone will end on June 30 this year," said Tsai Pau-lin (
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O'Konek, president of Far EasTone, joined the company in May 1998. Prior to that, he was vice president and general manager for PrimeCo Personal Communications in the US and worked for three years in Prague as the chief operating officer of EuroTel.
O'Konek started his wireless career with AT&T in 1981.
US-based AT&T is Far EasTone's major foreign investor holding about 28 percent of the venture's shares.
"After working abroad for about eight years, O'Konek decided to move back to the States," Tsai said without elaborating.
Another insider familiar with O'Konek said he is planning to work for AT&T Wireless in the US.
Meanwhile, the company said they are looking for a suitable successor.
"We've assigned a global headhunting firm to outsource a foreign telecom industry veteran for our new president," said Melissa Chen (
During the interim, Douglas Hsu (
According to Far EasTone's financial report early this month, revenue for the first quarter this year was NT$8.213 billion. Its net income margin was NT$3.607 billion, a 53.3 percent improvement compared over the same period last year.
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