Italtel Names CEO

MILAN, Italy -- Italtel today announced that Giorgio Bertolina hasjoined the company to take up the responsibilities of chief executive officer. Withextensive management experience in leading companies in the ICT sector, GiorgioBertolina has been called on to guide the leading company in the development andintegration of products and services for new generation networks, which is currentlyin a major regrowth phase.

Roberto Quarta, chairman of Italtel, commented: “The managerial skills andinternational experience exhibited by Giorgio Bertolina, together with the twinassets of management and technological expertise already present in Italtel, meanthat we are very confident in the future of the company, which needs to bothconsolidate the current positive trend and take on demanding development plans inItaly and internationally, by strengthening its competitiveness and leadership in thenext generation networks sector.”

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