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’
Fastweb recently started promoting its first data-only converged fixed-mobile service, dubbed Joy.
Joy is a fully integrated solution that includes a 20/1 Mbps ADSL line (or 10/10 Mpbs for the few lucky ones with a FTTH connection) at home and a free USB modem with 10 hours/month of UMTS mobile traffic included at €30 per month.
With this service Fastweb targets young people and those who do not need a traditional PSTN fixed voice line.
Although Vodafone Italia has yet to release any official sales data, its consumer FMC service (Vodafone Casa Internet e Telefono) launched last summer is rumored to be highly successful.
Continue reading ‘Vodafone extends its triple-play offers to SOHO customers’
BT Italia has been a long-time advocate of fixed-mobile converged services targeting the business community.
The National Regulatory Authority is expected today to release new rules concerning the fixed-mobile convergent services that has been formerly blocked by harsh litigation between Telecom Italia and Vodafone.
Pirelli Broadband Solutions, will launch its new range of dual-mode GSM-WiFi handsets at the C5 World Forum next week.
Continue reading ‘New dual-mode Wi-Fi / GSM handsets from Pirelli’
