Telecoms: Italy

Telecom Italia will deploy live mobile broadband speeds of 28 Mbps in Italy using Ericsson’s HSPA mobile network technology.
Tests in Telecom Italia’s mobile network will start early 2009 and initial deployment is planned in the city of Milan in June 2009.
National coverage will follow in the second half of 2009.

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Accordind to the independent brand valuation consultancy Intangible Business, the TIM brand has a value of $ 4,476 m, while the Wind brand has a value of $ 1,464 m.

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Nokia Siemens Networks will be a Telecom Italia‘s strategic supplier for mobile Broadband Access Networks with High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) and Long Term Evolution technologies.

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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.

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Through a massive TV campaign starting tonight and hosting his leader testimonial, the Moto GP rider Valentino Rossi, Fastweb will finally launch its mobile offering to become a full quadruple play operator.

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The 16 GB unlocked version of iPhone will sold starting next July 11th by Vodafone at € 569, the 8 GB unlocked version at € 499.
For two-years contracts, iPhone from Vodafone will be available from as low as € 49.
TIM announced a similar pricing policy.