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October 2006 Archives

October 3, 2006

Infracom buys Netscalibur Italia

The regional IT and telecommunications provider Infracom bought Netscalibur Italia, a Milan-based provider of carrier services, housing and networking solutions for € 27 million.

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October 4, 2006

Elitel 1H 2006 results

During the first half of 2006 Elitel registered 61% growth in turnover compared to same period in 2005, to € 101,4 million. The Group has launched new services in particular in the wholesale area with the introduction of the pre paid cards and the signing of agreements for the distribution of the cards.

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October 6, 2006

Telecoms market 1H 2006

According to the report published by Assinform, the Italian telecommunications market (services + terminals + equipment) grew in the first six months of 2006 to € 21,950 million (+0,6% over 1H 2005).

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October 9, 2006

Wind cuts recharge fee for mobile

Wind decided to abolish any extra fee to its pre-paid customer paying for a recharge. If they pay €50, they will get a €50 value (rather than only €45 as before).

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Fastweb and News Corporation sign content licensing and partnership deal

Fastweb and Sky Italia, the Italian satellite operator fully owned by News Corporation, have today announced a major joint partnership agreement regarding content distribution and co-marketing.

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October 10, 2006

BT changes brand in Italy

BT’s Italian subsidiary finally changed its brand to simply BT Italia, abandoning the previously used ‘Albacom’ brand.

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October 14, 2006

Pirelli supplies GSM/WI-FI dual-mode phones to German and French operators

Pirelli Broadband Solutions is supplying dual-mode GSM/Wi-Fi handsets to German operator Arcor (part of Vodafone group) and French operator Free (part of Iliad group).

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October 16, 2006

Vodafone Italia to sell its own branded handset

By the end of the month, Vodafone Italia will sell a new UMTS handset with its own brand, with no reference at all to the manufacturer of the phone.
Actually, the new VF710 phone has been designed to Vodafone specification and manufactured by Huawei Technologies in China.

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October 20, 2006

Skype to offer SkypeIn with Italian nomadic numbering

The Italian subsidiary of Skype is recruiting new people and is expected to launch the SkypeIn service using nomadic numbering according to the new VoIP regulation.

October 23, 2006

Tiscali to focus on Italy and the UK only

After having recently disposed also of its Dutch operation, Tiscali announced a new three-year plan (2007- 2010) focusing on Italy and the UK only.
According to an official statement of the Board of Directors,

Tiscali will transition from Isp to full-service provider, delivering telecommunication and media integrated services to the end customer (with the relevant expansion on the physical access, voice and Iptv markets), through a full network and service IP model combining product innovation and marketing aggressiveness.

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Telecom Italia launches instant messaging on mobile

Telecom Italia is rolling out Alice Messenger, also dubbed "Super SMS", an instant messaging service that runs on both mobile phones and PCs.
The service works just like fixed-line instant messaging on PCs and it supports “presence”, a notice pops up on the mobile phone screen to show when somebody on the user’s contact list comes online.

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October 24, 2006

TIM to enable HSDPA at 3.6 Mbit/s

TIM is boosting its UMTS network’s speed to 3.6 Mbit/s

High speed UMTS has been rolled out in Italy’s largest cities in May 2006 using HSDPA at 1.8 Mbit/s maximum rate. In November, TIM will start selling next-generation mobile phones and PC Cards capable of 3.6 Mbit/s connections.

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October 25, 2006

Telecom Italia to invest in NGN

The Board of Directors of Telecom Italia officially announced today that:

the company intends to launch the transformation of the access network into a New Generation Network, enabling the transmission of high-definition television programmes, movies, music and video, as well as business and public services (tele-medicine, info-mobility etc.).
The “Next Generation Network” will also involve the separation from Telecom Italia of the access network, according to a model to be jointly developed with the Authority.

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October 27, 2006

Vodafone to launch converged fixed-mobile service

Starting next January, Vodafone will allow its customers to handle both mobile calls and fixed lines calls using the same handset, even for customers not owning a fixed line.
Thanks to number portability’s regulation, even customers cancelling their fixed line subscription will be able to continue using their mobile handset to answer calls directed to their ported fixed line number.

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