Jun 26, 2007 : EarthLink Appoints New CEO

📅 June 26, 2007 - Internet service provider EarthLink (earthlink.net ) announced on Monday that it has appointed Rolla P. Huff its new CEO. He succeeds former CEO Garry Betty, who died in January from complications of cancer at the age of 49.

According to reports, Huff will take the reins of the Atlanta-based company at a time when it faces questions over the future of its municipal wireless Internet projects and its costly cell phone joint venture.

Huff says he won't make any decisions about the company's future until he spends at least two months reviewing the company's businesses, where he will focus on getting up to speed with where the business is, where the opportunities are and create a focused strategy the company can articulate well to investors and the public. Earthlink shares rose 6 cents to $7.31 after the announcement.

Previously, Huff was the CEO of Mpower Communications from 1999 to 2006 and was also the president of Frontier Corp. until it was acquired in 1999. He has worked for a range of other telecoms, including serving as chief financial officer of AT&T Wireless.

EarthLink recently broadened its strategic relationship with RSA, the security division of EMC, to protect consumers from phishing.

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