A survey by the School of Management of Politecnico di Milano showed that the value of e-commerce transactions in Italy grew 42%, reaching a value of 2.8 billion €. Roberto Liscia, president of Netcomm, the company that oversaw the survey, said that in 2006 the Italian e-commerce market is expected to grow a further 45%, topping a value of 4 billion €.
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EBay.it grew by 150% in 2005, said country manager Alessandro Coppo at an e-commerce conference organized by Politecnico di Milano. Value of traded goods reached 466 million € for the Italian subsidiary, the fastest growing one in the eBay world.
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Telespazio announced the availability of a new hi-res interactive mapping service developed by Seat Pagine Gialle that leverages its satellite images, aerial images and advanced interactive technology to deliver a rich multimedia experience
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M2M specialist Telit Communications, headquartered in Trieste, is to open a new research center in Sardinia. The new site is co-financed by the Italian State that granted the company €11.4 million and a €14.1 million loan facility.
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Fastweb reported approximately 874,000 customers at 30 June 2006, an increase of approximately 160,000 subscribers in the first half of the year.
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The National Regulatory Authority (AGCOM) said is it is investigating the access charges applied by mobile network operators to directory services.
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The 6th annual European wholesale telecommunications congress organized by Capacity's magazine will take place in Amsterdam on 13 & 14 November 2006.
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Local utility company Selene deployed first in Italy a PLC (Power Line Communication) broadband commercial service in Brescia, a mid-size city in Northern Italy.
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Starting from next October, Telecom Italia will add a 2 Mbit/s (256 kbit/s upstream) option to its ATM-based ADSL wholesale service.
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A new rule set by the National Regulatory Authority (AGCOM) forces all fixed operators and ISPs to measure their quality of service according to a common policy.
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Metroweb, a company controlled by the city of Milan, is considering selling its fiber optic and cable duct metropolitan infrastructure.
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Italian mobile users don’t like to have their mobile number published on a phone directory. Just 0,22% of subscribers chose to publish their mobile number.
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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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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 Telecom today announced that it has acquired a controlling share of Alpikom, regional telecom operator based in North Eastern Italy.
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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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As of end of April 2006, more than 8 million mobile numbers have been ported in Italy.
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