Timothy Bryan has been appointed CEO of ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Ltd. and ICO North America Inc. effective immediately, ICO announced. ICO North America plans to begin providing satellite-based mobile voice and data communications services throughout the United States in July 2007.

“As ICO readies itself to commence operations, we are pleased that Tim will bring two decades of operating and financial experience to the company,” Craig McCaw, chairman of ICO, said in a statement. “Tim’s insight and relationships in the media and communications sectors will serve ICO well — both in the U.S. and abroad.”

Bryan, who has served on the board of directors of ICO since 2001, is the former president of United Pan-Europe Communications, the largest cable operator in Europe, and was CFO of Liberty Global, a Denver-based cable television and telecommunications company.