Reti Telematiche Italiane : Federico Protto joins the BOD of MIX

Retelit announces its Chief Executive Officer and General Manager's appointment to the Board of Directors of MIX, Italy's main Internet exchange

Milan, April 27, 2017 - Retelit announces the appointment of Federico Protto, Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of the company, by the Shareholders' Meeting of MIX (Milan Internet eXchange), the biggest Italian Internet Exchange and among the leaders in Europe in terms of traffic carried, to the Board of Directors of MIX.

Federico Protto declared: "Joining the BOD of MIX confirms the commitment and desire of Retelit, also following our entry to the Open Hub Med consortium (of which MIX is one of the main founders), to increasingly contribute to the Italian ICT ecosystem - of which MIX is highly representative".

Retelit is a major Italian provider of data and infrastructure services to the telecommunications market and has been listed on the Milan Stock Exchange since 2000, joining the STAR segment on September 26, 2016. The company's fiber optic infrastructure at December 31, 2016 covered over 9,800 kilometers (equivalent to approx. 218,000 km of fiber-optic cables, of which 63,000 located in MAN), connecting 9 Urban Networks and 15 Data Centers across Italy, including the Cable Landing Station in Bari. With approx. 3,000 On-Net sites, of which 1,868 client sites, 629 telecommunication towers, 447 cabinets and 39 Data Centers, the Retelit network extends beyond Italy: thanks to the partnership with BICS, it has access to the main European PoP's, including Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam and Paris. Retelit is a member of AAE-1 (Africa-Asia-Europe-1), the submarine cable system connecting Europe to Asia through the Middle East, reaching 19 Countries, from Marseille to Hong Kong, owning a landing station in Bari. These valuable assets make Retelit a perfect technological partner for TLC and ICT operators and businesses, providing on demand a complete range of high-quality, reliable and secure solutions. Services range from ultra-broadband fiber optic internet connection to the Cloud and network and VPN services to colocation solutions, with over 10,400 square meters of equipped and secure fiber optic connected spaces, for the outsourcing of Data Center services and the satisfaction of disaster recovery and business continuity needs. Retelit's Carrier Ethernet services are in addition Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) certified.