The box has an attractive ‘cube‘ design and it is being sold at a retail price of €199.The box has been co-designed by Telecom Italia and it includes severeal interesting features:

1. DVT-T based terrestrial TV reception. Italy is currently migrating to analog TV broadcasts to digital TV.  In some part of the country analog TV has already been switched off. The transition will be completed nation-wide by 2012.
2. Internet gateway.  The box connects to Internet through either the integrated Ethernet or ir WI-FI interfaces.
3. Storage. 500 Mbyte for storing multimedia contente
4. Smart features. The box can be fully personalized by the user, for instance overimposing  several ‘widgets‘ to display any Internet content like latest news, YouTube videos and so on.

A quick summary of the technical specifications  of  CuboVision are available in (easy to read) Italian.

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.

As such, Vodafone recently launched the equivalent business version of this triple-play offer targeted to the SOHO market. Available in two flavors, it bundles Adsl access, unlimited free fixed calls and free mobile calls to company’s mobiles for a 39€ per month flat fee.
The hardware side of the offer is the same as the consumer offers: Vodafone Station (Asdl+2/Wifi/UMTS modem router + removable Usb UMTS Internet Key), so that the service can be activated instantly while waiting for the ADSL line.

Thanks to the MVNO agreement signed with Vodafone, BT Italia is now ready to offer an integrated service targeting the SME market.
BT Italia’s new Vip Everywhere package includes fixed, mobile and Internet access (both ADSL and UMTS).

The Unico/Unica service announced long ago by Telecom Italia (based on UMA technology) and the Vodafone Casa (home zone) service announced by Vodafone (based on GSM cell id) should finally be available soon to consumers.

The launch of the new line of dual-mode devices will feature the Discus Dual Mode Phone DP-M30, a stylish multimedia clamshell with Bluetooth capabilities and front cover hotkeys for the handset’s MP3 player.