Who were the highest paid Wireless Executives ?

The holiday season is over, and many people have either already spent their year-end bonuses or are anxiously awaiting for them to arrive.

With that in mind, it's worth taking a step back and looking at the executive pay of the industry's top executives.
Often, total compensation reflects not just a base salary but also bonuses and stock options. In some cases, high pay is the reward executives receive for delivering positive results for the company they lead, while in other cases executives have been given large pay packages to lure them to a company in the hopes of a turnaround, like Nokia's Stephen Elop.
The following is a list of executive pay for 2010 (the last full year available).
The data comes from publicly available filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

U.S. Cellular CEO Mary Dillon Total compensation: $5,956,854 Salary: $422,917 Bonus: $580,000 Other compensation (stock awards, etc.): $4,953,937 Duration with the company: Since June 2010
MetroPCS CEO Roger Linquist Total compensation: $6,304,171   Salary: $804,470   Bonus: -- Other compensation (stock awards, etc.): $5,499,701 Duration with the company: Since 1994
Verizon Communications CEO Lowell McAdam Total compensation: $7,195,900 Salary: $913,462   Bonus: $0 Other compensation (stock awards, etc.): $6,282,438 Duration with the company: Since 2000 (inception of Verizon Wireless)
Nokia CEO Stephen Elop Total compensation: $8,689,235 (€6,658,26) Salary: $365,767 Bonus: $440,137 Other compensation (stock awards, etc.): $7,883,931 Duration with the company: Since September 2010
Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse Total compensation: $9,068,608 Salary: $1,200,000     Bonus: $0 Other compensation (stock awards, etc.): $7,868,608 Duration with the company: Since 2007
AT&T Mobility and Consumer Products CEO Ralph de la Vega Total compensation: $10,894,670 Salary: $820,833 Bonus: $0 Other compensation (stock awards, etc.): $10,073,837 Duration with the company: Since 2004 (as Cingular)
Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha Total compensation: $13,016,126         Salary: $900,000       Bonus: $0 Other compensation (stock awards, etc.): $12,116,126 Duration with the company: Since August 2008 (prior to the splitting of Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions)
Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs Total compensation: $17,626,939 Salary: $1,146,644 Bonus: $7,500 Other compensation (stock awards, etc.): $16,472,795 Duration with the company: Since 1990
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson Total compensation: $27,341,628 Salary: $1,533,333 Bonus: $0 Other compensation (stock awards, etc.): $25,808,295 Duration with the company: Since 1982
Apple CEO Tim Cook Total compensation: $59,092,572 Salary: $800,016 Bonus: $5,000,000 Other compensation (stock awards, etc.): $53,292,556 Duration with the company: Since 1998