T-Mobile’s Gopalan to Succeed Sievert as CEO in November

T-Mobile US Inc. is promoting Chief Operating Officer Srini Gopalan, to the top job, teeing up a new era for the US’s second-largest wireless carrier as it competes for customers in a market that now also spans home internet and satellite service.

Gopalan, 55, will replace Chief Executive Officer Mike Sievert, who has held the job for nearly six years, on Nov. 1. Sievert, 56, will become vice chairman, a new position in which he’ll continue to advise management on strategy, the telecom carrier said in a statement Monday.