Davide Rota becomes CEO of Tiscali: “it will become a media company”

Il CBoard of Directors of Tiscali he nominated Davide Rota new CEO. The founder Renato Soru instead he becomes President of the Company.

Davide Rota becomes CEO of Tiscali SpA

With the appointment of Rota, founder of Linkem, the project started with the merger between the two companies started in December 2021, cI have looked to integrate the corporate and commercial reality of Tiscali with the retail branch of Linkem.

The formal conclusion of the merger will come to July 2022. Tiscali will have its integrated fixed, mobile and 5G offer, consolidating its position as the fifth operator in the fixed market in Italy. And first for ultra-broadband access in technologies FWA+FTTH.

Davide Rota, Chief Executive Officer of Tiscali he comments: “It is with great emotion that I announce my new position as CEO of Tiscali. This is a major change on a personal and professional level. Twenty years after founding Linkem I find myself again ad face an all-encompassing challenge, in which I believe so strongly that I have invested in shares of the new Tiscali a value consistent with the net remuneration that is expected to be approved for my new position “.

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The goal is to “transform Tiscali into a real Digital Media Company. We have a solid positioning in the offer of TLC services. A portal that generates 230 million pages and over 9 million unique visits per month, an ecosystem of startups committed to developing smart services for the communities of the future andimplementation of public-private partnership models, nas well as a proprietary data center to offer business services. Thanks to our talents and our continuous investment in the development of new skills we are ready for this revolution. “

For his part, the President Renato Soru he explains: “I am very happy to leave the administration of Tiscali in the hands of Davide Rota, too he is an Internet pioneer in Italy: we share the vision of this integration and the will to contribute as protagonists to a moment of great change and great opportunities for services linked to the digital transformation of the country. “

Davide Rota remains Chairman of Linkem SpA which has a new CEO, Massimo Arciuloappointed in March 2022. Linkem SpA becomes a shareholder of Tiscali with approximately 62% of the shares.