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Don't expect 3G until 2004

...third-generation (3G) networks will not be ready until at least 2004. Hans Snook, who stepped down from the top job at Orange after it... Read more

5 April, 2001 by Graeme Wearden

Hans Snook returns to the fray with Carphone Warehouse

Former Orange boss is back... Hans Snook, the former chief executive of Orange, is set to return to... Read more

25 March, 2002 by Graham Hayday

Branson and Snook outline 3G business models

Richard Branson, CEO of Virgin, and Hans Snook, former CEO of Orange Mobile, have put their weight behind entertainment... Read more

22 February, 2001 by Lisa Burroughes

Snook departs and the conflicting online fortunes of King and 'Queen'

The Financial Times, amongst others, reports on the departure of CEO Hans Snook from mobile phone operator Orange. Snook, who the papers all pitch... Read more

29 November, 2000 by Will Sturgeon

Orange chief steps down

Hans Snook is to step down as chief executive of Orange later this... Read more

10 October, 2000 by Tony Hallett

BT's next chief executive - runners and riders

They're under starters orders... Read more

14 November, 2001 by Ben King

Hutchison could trigger 3G price war

...expected to launch in the UK in 2002, but some experts -- including Hans Snook, former boss of Orange -- are now saying that it won't... Read more

6 July, 2001 by Graeme Wearden

Freeserve and Wanadoo seize the day

Deal would create Europe's second-largest Internet service provider and add 2bn euros to Freeserve's coffers Read more

6 December, 2000 by Matthew Broersma

Minority Report: iPhone puts the 'smart' in smartphone

Can you say 'unstoppable'? Read more

27 July, 2009 by Seb Janacek

Tony Hallett's After These Messages: Orange's hard-nosed businessman

Snook or Mullarkey? An outburst last week by former Orange CEO Hans Snook got me thinking about the latest high-profile advertising campaign from... Read more

19 May, 2003 by Tony Hallett

Orange to lose its head

...of Orange in France, and Graham Howe, deputy chief executive and previously Hans Snook's right-hand man in the pre-France Telecom days, are... Read more

4 December, 2002 by Tony Hallett

Markets lap up Carphone Warehouse

...cent from the year before, and margins were up 16 per cent. Hans Snook, founder of Orange and recently appointed Carphone Warehouse chairman, said the... Read more

6 June, 2002 by Ben King

City to sneak a peek at Snook

New Carphone Warehouse chairman to make first public appearance... Hans Snook, the enigmatic former chief of Orange, is to make his first... Read more

5 June, 2002 by Will Sturgeon

Snook finally cuts ties with Orange

Future's not so bright... Hans Snook is set to terminate his last remaining role at Orange, severing... Read more

12 November, 2001 by Ian Jones

Politicians to bail out struggling 3G markets

...will be delayed. Speaking at the Accenture Global Communications Forum in Miami, Hans Snook, former CEO of Orange, said he did not expect widespread use... Read more

5 April, 2001 by Mark Graham

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