News and comments about the Italian telecommunications market
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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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.
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.
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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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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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.
