Airtel-Vodafone appoints Chief Technical Officer

Friday 12 September 2014

Airtel-Vodafone has appointed David Fowler as its Chief Technical Officer with responsibility for introducing the Channel Islands’ 4G network, as well as maintaining and developing the network in general.

During his 30 years in the industry, he has worked in Europe and the USA, and has been responsible for establishing country-wide 4G and other networks.

Airtel-Vodafone’s CEO, Ian Campbell, said: “I am delighted that we have someone of David’s calibre in this important role. It is vital to our customers that the network is reliable, and he has huge experience in establishing networks that do just that.”

Mr Fowler has worked in the industry for many major firms including British Telecom, in Belgium for Proximus Belgacom and in Poland for Polkomtel. He spent three years at Huawei as European Chief Technical Officer. He also worked for Vodafone in Düsseldorf and California. In 2010 he joined Sure and was chief operating officer with responsibility for operations in the Channel Islands and Isle of Man.

Mr Fowler said: “It is great to be working for a global organisation which has technology, experience and support that I can call on. I know the Channel Islands very well, and am looking forward to introducing something that will really transform the way that people access the internet.