A second high profile Telecom executive is to leave but the company says the departure is not related to well publicised problems with its XT mobile phone network over recent months.
XT mobile director Paul Hamburger is to leave the company at the end of his contract in July.
Mr Hamburger, responsible for areas such as XT product management, plans and pricing and retail promotion, announced his departure to Telecom staff this morning.
Mr Hamburger is the second executive to leave Telecom in the wake of a series of high profile XT outages. He follows chief transformation officer Frank Mount who resigned last month before completing his contract due to end in June.
Mr Mount was responsible for the design and technical operation of the XT network.
However, Telecom spokesman Mark Watts said Mr Hamburger's departure was not connected to XT failures. He was not responsible for the building or management of the XT network.
Mr Hamburger was leaving for personal reasons, particularly to join his family in Florida, he said.
"He had a challenging commute between countries and other places overseas as well, as part of this job. He's looked at the balance of things and decided to go on to do other things."
Mr Hamburger joined Telecom in June 2008 on a one year fixed-term contract. It was rolled over last year.
"Paul and his team were responsible for such XT innovations as One Rate plans; pre-paid mobile broadband bringing a vastly improved range of devices to customers; and an exciting refresh of Telecom's retail scores across New Zealand," Telecom's chief executive of retail Alan Gourdie said.
"With the launch and consolidation of XT behind us, Paul has made the choice to move on from Telecom at the end of his current contract period."
A replacement has not been announced.
