(Telecompaper) Telekom Austria Group announced that Hannes Ametsreiter will resign as CEO of Telekom Austria and A1 Telekom Austria with effect from 31 July. In a statement, the company said that he asked the Supervisory Board for a "mutually agreed premature termination of his contract". Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Telekom Austria Group, said the board would discuss his replacement at its next meeting. Ametsreiter has been the chairman of the management board and CEO of Telekom Austria Group since April 2009, as well as CEO of A1 Telekom Austria since 2010. His contract was last extended at the start of 2014, for three years.