Telecoms: Italy

Italy’s high-speed trains will be equipped with a reliable broadband access system developed by Telecom Italia in co-operation withe the Italian State Railways.

Passengers will be able to connect their computers to the internet via UMTS USB modems, or via the new on-board Wi-Fi system, which ensures high quality continuous connections. The on-board WiFi system is also accessible to smart phones, netbooks and indeed any other WiFi-enabled device. Continue reading ‘Broadband mobile and Wi-Fi access on high-speed trains’

Alcatel-Lucent signed a cooperation agreement with Telecom Italia to engage in a new technology development program, including a trial of 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless broadband technology.

The field trial will also focus on the usage of small cell solutions (such as pico cells) to address “hot spot” and indoor coverage applications, and their related throughput and latency performance. Continue reading ‘Alcatel-Lucent and Telecom Italia to trial LTE technologies’

Poste Mobile, the telecomunication arm of the Italian post office that quickly became the country’s biggest MVNO, is promoting a very low-cost phone manufactured by Chinese company ZTE. Continue reading ‘Poste Mobile to sell ZTE’s low cost phone’

Italian M2M modules manufacturer Telit, Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile will be pooling their expertise to promote M2M applications in the German and international markets based on the terms of a memorandum of understanding just signed by the three companies. Continue reading ‘Telit to promote M2M in the German market’

Telit Wireless Solutions and Magneti Marelli, the car part suppliers owned by Fiat Group, reinforced their cooperation to develop innovative telematics solutions for the automotive market.

Telit will supply Magneti Marelli the M2M wireless connectivity modules included in the ‘telematics boxes’ developed by Magneti Marelli. Continue reading ‘Telit helps Magneti Marelli to supply telematics solutions’

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’