Italtel Names Carlo Filangieri as New CEO

The Board of Directors of Italtel has appointed Carlo Filangieri as new CEO of Italtel, taking over from Benedetto Di Salvo who led the company for three years. The decision marks an important step in consolidating the company's leadership position in the ICT market.

Carlo Filangieri, an electronic engineer, has more than 25 years of professional experience in the industry, having held top positions in Italy and abroad. CEO of FiberCop from March 2021 to June 2024, he contributed to the birth of Italy's largest wholesale telecommunications operator and the development of the national fiber optic network.

ITALTEL Names Carlo Filangieri as New CEO

At TIM he led the organization responsible for the development and maintenance of the access network (Open Access), the Wholesale Market business area bringing revenues to about 2 billion euros, and the IT infrastructure, with the launch of the first Cloud Computing services in Italy.

From 2012 to 2014, he was CTO of TIM Brazil, where he helped improve the services offered by the company, with the launch of one of the world's first Active Sharing projects and TIM Live fiber service in major Brazilian cities.

He has served also as a director on several boards (TIM Brasil, Trentino NGN, Flash Fiber) and overseen numerous M&A projects, including the spin-off of towers in Brazil and the carve-out of FiberCop in Italy.

“I am proud to take the helm of Italtel, a company that has been making an important contribution to the country's industrial and technological growth for more than 100 years and whose values I share in its DNA: expertise, innovation and customer focus,” says Carlo Filangieri. “I intend to start from here and from the relevant experience gained in the multinational context to consolidate and accelerate the digitization and development of our clients in Italy and abroad”.
Italtel has market-recognized engineering capabilities on the topics of design, development and deployment of network infrastructure and innovative technology solutions, a strong partner ecosystem, ability to design and deliver advanced and managed services, and an offering that covers the most advanced digital transformation topics such as networking and 5G, hybrid cloud, cybersecurity, automation and AI.
 
Italtel's share capital is held 71.38 percent by Nextalia, through the “Nextalia Credit Opportunities” fund, and the remaining 28.62 percent by Clessidra through the “Clessidra Restructuring” fund.