Although not quite in the same league as Bobby Orr moving from the Boston Bruins to the Chicago Blackhawks, there is a major "wow" factor to Telus Mobility CEO George Cope being hired as president and COO with Bell Canada. Cope is extremely well-respected and he's been head of Telus/ClearNet for 18 years so perhaps it was time for a change. Among his many new tasks, maybe Cope can fix Bell Mobility (Update: Cope has no duties involving Bell Mobility), which has been struggling and, in the process, gone through several CEOs - Michael Neumann, Alek Krstajic and, most recently, Robert Odendaal. Wonder if Telus CEO Darren Entwistle saw this coming? More important, Telus has a big job replacing Cope with some who is respected by the folks on Bay St.
Ash Chopra, who worked at Bell and Telus, provides an in-depth look at what BCE's poaching of Cope means for Telus, Bell and the telecom landscape.