News and comments about the Italian telecommunications market
Branded CuboVision, Telecom Italia started today selling its brand new multimedia box that integrates a digital TV receiver and an HD multimedia player including 500 Gbyte of storage.
The box has an attractive ‘cube‘ design and it is being sold at a retail price of €199. Continue reading ‘Interactive media center by Telecom Italia’
Tiscali will expand its Italian infrastructure opening about 200 new ULL (Unbundling Local Loop) sites by mid-2010 adding them to the 486 sites already in operation.
As a result, Tiscali will be able to offer ULL-based services to about 40% of the Italian fixed lines. Continue reading ‘Tiscali expands ULL sites’
Telecom Italia is now operating a pre-commercial trial of “4G” LTE (Long Term Evolution) technology in Turin.
The trial, which is being conducted in Turin with technology partner Huawei, uses 14 new LTE radio stations around the centre of town which are perfectly integrated into the existing mobile infrastructure. Continue reading ‘LTE trial in Turin’
Vodafone Italia published its half-year results for the six months ended 30 September 2009.
Service revenue increased by 2.3% to € 4,291 m.
Growth in the current quarter slowed slightly in comparison to the previous quarter with positive momentum being maintained despite tougher economic conditions.
Italtel signed a partnership agreement with Israelian company ECI Telecom aimed to supply advanced telecom solutions to service providers worldwide.
The two companies announced that they have signed a partnership agreement for the sale and customization of optical transport systems for metropolitan networks and access platforms for voice, data, IP video and fixed/mobile convergence. Continue reading ‘Italtal partners with ECI Telecom’
Telecom Italia announced its Q3 2009 results.
The following highlights the performance of individual market segments of the domestic operations of Telecom Italia in Q3 2009 as compared to the same period of 2008: Continue reading ‘Telecom Italia Q3 2009 results’
