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.

Optimisation of spending by customers was partially offset by continued penetration of high value contracts and successful usage initiatives.

SIMs at the end of the period were 29,146,000 (-3.4% YoY). Mobile voice traffic grew 3.7% to 27,1 bn minutes bringing traffic revenues to € 2,788 m

The higher penetration of PC connectivity devices and success of mobile internet services resulted in good growth in data revenue.

Fixed line revenue growth accelerated to € 379 m with a closing fixed broadband customer base of 1.1 million (including the acquired Tele2 brand).

EBITDA increased by 4.5% at constant exchange rates with the EBITDA margin also growing by 1.1 percentage points, primarily as a result of the increase in revenue, strict control on mobile acquisition and retention unit costs and stable operating expenses, despite continued investment in fixed line services.

Modeled after the British Office of the Telecoms Adjudicator-UK, the new OTA Italia office aims to prevent fighting among incumbent Telecom Italia and other OLOs licensed to operate in the country.

This move is part of a process agreed by Telecom Italia and AGCOM regarding the transparent and independent management of the access network following the creation of Telecom Italia’s Open Access division.

The founding members of OTA Italia include the regulatory authority AGCOM, operators BT, Fastweb, Opitel, Tiscali, TWT, Vodafone, Wind, and small providers’ societies AIIP and Assoprovider.

President of OTA Italia has been named  Guido Vannucchi, a 70+ years old  industry veteran and a former CEO of Alcatel Italia.

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.

Vodafone developed and is launching a solution combining voice with fixed and mobile broadband services in a single device, conceived and developed in Italy in co-operation with Huawei: the new “Vodafone Station“.

Thanks to the Vodafone Station, it is now possible to make voice calls and access the internet via ADSL from home without having to pay Telecom Italia’s line rental, whilst the integrated Vodafone Internet Key means that customers can have mobile broadband internet access even when away from home.

The Vodafone Station makes it possible to connect home phones and PCs via cable or Wi-Fi.

The Vodafone Stations itself is an integrated switch/router with ADSL2+, Wi-Fi and UMTS/HSPA (through a removable USB key) links and four local Ethernet ports.

The Vodafone Station offers voice calls and internet access using the best available technology, based on cable ADSL as well as mobile broadband, thanks to the integrated Vodafone Internet Key.

One of key features of the new service is that is works out-of-the-box for end users. As soon as the Vodaone Station is powered on, end users are instantly connected through the HSPA mobile connection.
Afterwards, when the ADSL commisioning process is complete, the remotely managed Vodafone Station switches the broadband connection to the fixed network through ADSL2+.

Vodafone’s offerings is available with two different profiles.

Flat offer:

• € 29 per month (line rental included)
• voice calls to fixed line at € 0.16 each (up to 3k minutes per month)
• unlimited internet access from home included
• mobile internet access at € 5 per day or € 20 per month for 100 hours on weekdays and unlimited access on weekends

Free offer:

• € 9 per month (line rental included)
• voice calls to fixed line at € 0.16 each (up to 3k minutes per month)
• internet access from home at € 3 per day
• mobile internet access at € 5 per day or € 20 per month for 100 hours on weekdays and unlimited access on weekends

Daily Telecom was a reseller on international calling card and it now enters the MVNO space through an agreement with Vodafone.

TIM:

• Coop
• Tiscali
• Noverca

Vodafone:

• Poste
• Carrefour
• BT
• Conad

Wind:

• Autostrade
• Auchan

3:

• Fastweb
• 50&Più Fenacom

Coop was the first the launch its service last June and it has now signed 100.000 customers.