The German cable operator KabelBW has announced that the company has appointed Harald Rösch as the new chairman of the management board. He replaces Klaus Thiemann, who will join its advisory board.
Rösch comes from HanseNet Telekommunikation GmbH, the broadband access provider owned by Telecom Italia and active under the Alice brand name, Under his leadership, the company acquired AOL Deutschland.
During the past five years he increased turnover of the company from €100 million to €1.1 billion, with a growth of number of subscribers from 75,000 to 2.35 million.