This Week: Verizon Consumer's Shakeup and the Search for a New Leader

Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner react to news of Sampath’s pending departure as CEO of Verizon’s Consumer Group, discuss potential successors, and analyze what the leadership shakeup could mean for the competitive landscape.

00:00 Episode intro

00:26 Sampath to exit Verizon

02:26 Who will be next?

04:40 Selection will likely come from outside

06:15 Impact on T-Mobile and its push toward T-Life

08:23 AT&T's relative stability and upcoming headquarters move

10:16 Q1 metrics are shifting

10:51 Industry excitement and episode wrap-up

Tags: telecom, telecommunications, wireless, prepaid, postpaid, cellular phone, Don Kellogg, Roger Entner, Verizon, Sampath, CEO, Ronan Dunne, Manon Brouilette, Dan Schulman, Alfonso Villanueva, T-Mobile, T-Life, layoffs, AT&T, John Stankey, headquarters, convergence, John Legere