AT&T execs pulled from Excite@Home board
C|Net | at | by Mike
Excite@Home said Wednesday that AT&T removed four executives from the troubled high-speed Internet service provider's board of directors and relinquished its rights to replace them. An AT&T representative said Wednesday that the board members were removed to avoid a conflict of interest since the telecom company is bidding for Excite@Home's assets. The AT&T executives who left the board effective Oct. 1 are Chief Executive C. Michael Armstrong; Frank Ianna, president of AT&T network services; Chief Financial Officer Charles H. Noski; and Daniel E. Somers, who was replaced as CEO of AT&T Broadband on Tuesday by William Schleyer, a former Media One executive.