Joseph Nacchio

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Qwest Communications International, Inc.

Joseph P. Nacchio was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Qwest Communications International, Inc. He joined the company, headquartered in Denver, Colorado, in early 1997 and led it through a public stock offering in June 1997. Qwest was a provider of broadband Internet-based data, voice and image communications for businesses, consumers and government applications.

King of Qwest holds court
CEO Joe Nacchio talks about where his IP carrier start-up is headed.

With its grand plan to build an 18,500-mile fiber-optic network and its $4.4 billion acquisition of LCI International earlier this year, Qwest Communications has become one of the network industry's most talked about players. The buzz surrounding the Denver carrier has largely been generated by Joe Nacchio, the ebullient ex-AT&T official who is now trying to swipe customers from his former employer and other established carriers. More...

Nacchio: Dead/lame telecom ducks, watch out
Carriers still haven't figured out how to correctly estimate demand for data services, says Joseph Nacchio, CEO of telecom upstart Qwest.

And that leaves plenty of room for newcomers to carve out new markets serving the exploding demand for IP-based services, Nacchio said in a keynote at NetWorld+Interop today.

Nacchio painted a future of unlimited bandwidth - he said the 'last mile' issue will be solved somehow - as Moore's Law finally comes to telecommunications via fat fiber pipes and terabit switches. More...