Over the past month, 25 new employees joined Melita in various posts within marketing, technical support, customer care and other key positions within the cable TV, telephony, broadband divisions, as well as mobile telephony, which Melita is planning to offer later on this year. Alison Bezzina, Roger Davies-Barrett, Adrian Mizzi and Jean Borg are among the new recruits occupying managerial posts within the mobile telephony sector.

Alison Bezzina has been appointed mobile marketing manager responsible for the commercial management of Melita's new mobile network. Ms Bezzina, a graduate of University of London, has extensive marketing advertising and brand building experience in the sector.

Roger Davies-Barrett is Melita's acquitision manager and has been entrusted with locating, negotiating and co-ordinating sites for use as mobile base stations. A graduate with an MBA in E-business, Mr Davies-Barrett brings 18 years' experience in the mobile industry. The responsibility of the IT systems for the mobile operation has been entrusted to mobile IT manager Adrian Mizzi, an engineering professional with an MBA in E-business and 12 years' experience in the management of ICT and information security in the mobile, telecoms information technology and financial services industries.

Jean Borg has been appointed revenue assurance manager responsible for all of Melita's products and services. An accountant by profession and a certified information systems auditor, Mr Borg is currently also reading a Masters in IT.

Melita plc chief operating officer Stephen Wright welcomed the new recruits on board, all of whom, he said, have been selected on the basis of their experience and their successful track record in their specialised skills in line with the new direction which Melita is taking to be the leading quadruple player in Malta.