Telecoms: Italy

The Ministry of Telecommunication received 29 applications from bidders to the WiMax auction, to start at the end of this month.

The 29 bidding companies are:

• Abruzzo Engineering
• A.F.T.
• Ariadsl
• Assomax Srl – Nettare Srl
• Brennercom Spa
• Central Com
• City Carrier
• Consorzio Bit Valley
• Dci Srl Unipersonale
• Elettronica Industriale
• Energia E Territorio
• E-Via Gruppo Retelit
• Fastweb
• Flynet
• Infracom Italia – Acantho Spa
• Media P.A.
• Mercurio Fvg
• Mgm Productions Srl – Profit Group
• New Telecommunications Srl – Memo Srl – Fin.Se.Co. – Itq Consulting Srl – New Television
• Progetto Due
• Ribes Informatica Spa- Hal Service – Lan Service – Informatica System – Tex97 – B.B.Bell
• System House
• Telecom Italia
• Teleinform
• Toto Costruzioni Generali
• Tourist Ferry-Boat – Temix Spa – Medianet Comunicazioni
• Trentino Network
• Uno Communications
• Wind Telecomunicazioni

Among big players, notably Vodafone and H3G chose not to bid.