Monthly Archive for July, 2006

Mobile number portability booming

As of end of April 2006, more than 8 million mobile numbers have been ported in Italy.

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Selta to link French and British power grids

Italian IP technology will help to better manage the interconnection between the French and British power grids.
Utilities network’s specialist Selta won a half a million € contract from RTE to design an advanced substations automation and remote control system based on IP communications

Telecom Italia 1H 2006 results

In the first half of 2006, Telecom Italia’s fixed wireline division reported domestic revenues of € 8,550 million (1,2% lower than in 1H 2005).
TIM (Telecom Italia Mobile) domestic operation reported revenues of € 4,982 million (1,1 % higher than in 1H 2005).

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Elitel buys Alpikom

Elitel Telecom today announced that it has acquired a controlling share of Alpikom, regional telecom operator based in North Eastern Italy.

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Vodafone Italia 1H 2006 results

As of June 2006, Vodafone Italia has 24.146.000 customers, 2% more than it had at end of 2005.
UMTS users grew 43% to 3.196.000.

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Elitel to support ‘foneros’

Italian network operator Elitel has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with FON Wireless Limited in order to support Wi-Fi access sharing over broadband lines.

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