EU communications ministers against the tax on large tech groups which, according to the telcos' proposal, should finance 5G and EU broadband - The US administration: "it would distort competition"
This is supported by a report by Tim, which shows a direct correlation between the diffusion of fiber and the growth of per capita GDP - However, the levels of digitization on the continent are still more heterogeneous than ever
The PosteCasa ultra-fast fiber offer is launched for the internet connection of the company led by Matteo Del Fante - In order to accelerate the digital transformation and reduce the digital divide in our country
Thanks to satellite technology it will be possible to bring the fastest connectivity even to the most remote and isolated areas of the country (the "very white areas")
In June 2019, ultra-broadband surpassed broadband, connections above 30 mb/s reached 50,3% of the total - FTTH fiber over 1 million accesses
The result is unexpected. According to a research by the Institute for Competitiveness (I-Com), Lombardy is by far the first Italian region for infrastructural development, but if you narrow your gaze only to broadband, you discover that even…
According to an EY survey on behalf of Corriere Comunicazioni, over 7.000 Italian industrial sites do not have a sufficient connection to apply the technological revolution of Industry 4.0 - the Mise plan and 5G experimentation could fill the gap.
Agcom is about to publish a regulation that will require the various companies to affix a stamp that certifies the real quality of the connections offered. We will go from the green dot for the "Superfibra" to the purple dot for the Fixed Wireless - Here…
First half of the year - as at 30 September 2017 - positive for Vodafone. The British group is growing globally in terms of revenues and EBITDA, net debt is decreasing. Vodafone Italia also did well, with revenues from services growing -…
The initiative will give a major boost to the development of Tim's fiber optic network throughout the country. For the three-year period 2017-19, investments of 11 billion euros are planned in Italy, of which 5 dedicated solely to the implementation of…
1,3 billion released by the Council of Ministers - This will be a one-off contribution which should be around 10 euros per company and 150 euros for families.
The company contested the methods of the first tender launched by Infratel, arguing that they would have favored Open Fiber (Enel) - At this point it is likely that Tim will contest the decision of the Tar before the Council of State
In the third quarter, the group increased its revenues from services by 1,7%, while overall revenues were down, reflecting changes in exchange rates. In Italy fixed broadband customers leap forward (+11,1%), the best performance in…
The funds managed by the US giant Blackrock are aiming an important token at the growth of the company which supplies fixed broadband connections over the air in Italy. The American groups Leucadia and Cowen are also involved in the operation. The goal is to accelerate growth…
The council will remain in office for two years. Acquisition of Metroweb completed, negotiations continue with F2i on remaining in the company with a 30% stake
the Asstel report outlines a clearly improving picture for the sector after difficult years. The boost of ultra-broadband and fiber optic networks. Mobile phone calls cost 37% less than in 2010
Signed the binding agreement that will lead to the merger of Metroweb and Enel Open Fiber. It is the first operative step of the process which foresees a series of intermediate stages. The goal is to accelerate the development of the ultra-broadband project
The report of the Institute for Competitiveness signals the 8,3% growth in exports of the Southern Regions in 2016 - The tax burden for industry, however, remains higher than in the North.
The goal is to give new impetus to the creation of ultra-broadband networks, simplifying the legislation and the authorization processes - the two associations will set up a joint work table that will develop concrete proposals for the simplification of the rules that slow…
The two companies compete in Perugia with new 1000 Megabit fiber services - This is the first head-on collision in the area, but there are also other fronts: first of all Metroweb.
The new CEO makes his debut at the company's meeting: "Development but also cuts for Telecom" - The crux of the manager award and the new horizons of ultra-broadband, while the battle with Enel is raging - In the energy supply, the…
Today's Council of Ministers will analyze the ban on ultra-broadband. There are two objectives: 30 megabytes of connection to all Italians and 100 mb to the "luckiest" realities. - Renzi: "we need to go a hundred per hour"
The balance of Italian capitalism no longer passes through Piazzetta Cuccia - Mediobanca, which has little chemistry with Prime Minister Renzi, does not participate in the Atlas Fund for banks, was taken aback by the Ops of Cairo on RCS and…
The CEO of the electricity group in the Senate explains the details of the new project. And on Metroweb he says: "No brakes. If there's good, otherwise good all the same". Enel could give up control of the newco but only in the future. Addition to the order of…
After the launch of the ultra-fast Internet plan, all the protagonists of the communications risk are repositioning themselves. Here are the news triggered by the new project that Vodafone and Wind have shared. The terms of the agreement between Enel and Metroweb are getting shorter while…
Enel will bring the optical fiber into homes, offices and companies. Vodafone and Wind are business partners. The premier: "The future has arrived in Italy, ultra-fast 30 Mega broadband for everyone by 2020. Unblock public works…
Renzi presents Enel's plan for broadband today at Palazzo Chigi: Telecom at the crossroads - But the market is also looking at the Government's plan for capital increases and bank non-performing - Oil is flying…
The prime minister, traveling in the USA, announces on Facebook the first tender to bring fast internet throughout the country by 2020 and the start of the fiber optic operation with Enel - On 29 and 30 April we celebrate…
The CEO Francesco Starace in the Senate confirms that the Board of Directors will examine the installation of the optical fiber on March 22nd. Vodafone and Wind in advanced negotiations: the agreement will be commercial. Incoming financial partners, room for funds
The CEO of the electricity group, awarded "Energy Man of the Year" by Staffetta daily, does not exclude the discussion in the Board of Directors on March 22, set for the approval of the 2015 financial statements. "We will not leave alone". "Possible" that the two telephone groups examine the project in…
On Tuesday in Milan, the Agici Observatory, founded and directed by Andrea Gilardoni from Bocconi, is organizing a conference on the theme "Utilities: digitization as a lever for development in a market that is growing and relaunching" which will take stock of concrete opportunities, with…
Tommaso Pompei, former number one of Wind, will be the future head of the newco announced by Enel for the construction of the fiber network for ultra-broadband which will be open to other telephone operators (Vodafone and Wind in the lead)
The two operators say they are ready to collaborate with the new company set up by Enel to implement a nationwide plan for the development of ultra-broadband - Bisio: "It is a unique and unrepeatable opportunity to win the…
"Italy has a unique and unrepeatable opportunity to win the country's digitization game": said the CEO of Vodafone Italia, Aldo Bisio, who in an interview with Corriere declared his group's willingness to work with Enel for the…
The European Commission calls for greater transparency from operators - In any case, the download speed is growing - According to the quarterly Agcom Observatory, the increase in the presence of ultra-broadband in Italy continues, above all thanks to Fiber.
This was announced by the deputy secretary to the Prime Minister, Raffaele Tiscar. The other novelty concerns the establishment of a guarantee fund accessible to operators who will invest in the target areas
The CEO of the company Alberto Ierace announces: "We have been listened to by the government. Contacts with potentially interested parties. We will evaluate it when there is a defined business model" - "We don't want to replace the TLC operators, but we can do something useful…
Renzi explained that the project for total coverage of the country with ultra-broadband is worth a total of 12 billion, 5 private and 7 public, of which 2,2 have already been allocated by the Cipe - The plan for…
SUPERWEB - The Cipe has approved the expected plan for the development of ultra-broadband in Italy as well, which is worth a total of 12 billion, of which 5 private and 7 public: this was announced by the Prime Minister Matteo Renzi who…
The Government has decided to address the issue between September and October through bills and CIPE resolutions - The announcement came today from the Undersecretary for Development, Antonello Giacomelli.
Innovation should also become reality in October - The new draft of the Communications decree also envisages the use of all existing network infrastructures for the installation or development of broadband.
"We are in a preliminary phase", explained the Chairman of Telecom - "The issue is not whether or not to do broadband: everyone wants to do it. The issue is to do it with the available resources and with sustainable plans".
This was announced by the Undersecretary for Communications Alberto Giacomelli: "Telecom Italia has requested it. Now the areas of intervention will be redefined". During the annual meeting, the former monopolist explained that he will increase investments to 700 million to bring fiber to…
The measure is ready and will be presented between the end of May and the beginning of June. The government opens all networks to the laying of fiber: from Enel to Terna, from Railways to Anas. Colao from London: "Ready to collaborate with Enel". Telecom-Bassanini clash…
The new 2014 European law has arrived at the Community Policies Commission in Montecitorio. In ten chapters, here are all the innovations to which Italy will have to adapt
The most wired province in Italy launches an additional 67 million euro program to offer connections at 100 megabytes for businesses and 30 megabytes for families throughout the territory - The president of the Autonomous…
The Authority says yes to the network company but no to the majority in the hands of Telecom and promotes "the model of a pure wholesale network operator, not vertically integrated in the provision of services to end customers who surrender to the operators...
The Council of Ministers has approved the strategy for the take-off of ultra-broadband in telecommunications and for Italy's digital growth with a plan of 12 billion over 7 years, 6 of which will be immediately operational from…
The CEO of the telecommunications company, Alberto Trondoli, speaks
INTERVIEW WITH ALBERTO PERA, former Antitrust secretary - Consolidation and competition are not antithetical in telecommunications - "Collaboration between several operators is desirable but the model of the single and neutral network does not exist in any country" - "Anyone who buys…
PLAN ANNEX - The government aims to close the gap with the rest of Europe and guarantee 100 Mbps connectivity to at least 85% of the population in 2020- The areas of intervention have been divided into four Clusters,…
The recent investigation by the Antitrust and Agcom on broadband and ultra-broadband telecommunications networks is a text for an academy rather than for regulators and guarantors that reveals a short-sighted technological knowledge and underestimates the fact that regulation…
ANTITRUST-AGCOM INVESTIGATION - A strategic plan is needed for the development of broadband networks that will allow Italy to bridge the intolerable delays in the digitization of the country - From a competitive point of view, three different scenarios can be imagined…
Patuano: "Better results from innovation. In Brazil, plan A is to stay". Meeting at Palazzo Chigi on broadband
According to the president of Cassa Depositi, there will be only one new generation network, with a substantial natural monopoly. The guarantees of the equivalence of output
AGCOM ANNUAL REPORT - President Cardani: "The Authority is preparing to approve the final provision relating to the new cycle of analysis of the markets for access to fixed network services" - 2013 communications turnover at 56,1 billion (-9%) - Sky…
The Kosovar Delegation studies the digital model of the Autonomous Province of Trento in order to wire the territory in optical fiber and align with the orientation of the European Digital Agenda 2020 - Laura Rovizzi, CEO of Open Gate Italia: "The Autonomous Province…
According to the Prime Minister, private individuals must invest more than they have done so far in telecommunications broadband and "the public has powers of varying intensity, if the binding commitments are not met: from guidelines up to…
Telecom's investment is equal to over 41 million euros and provides for the increase in the capacity of the fixed and mobile broadband network throughout Sicily through the extension of the optical fiber in the network infrastructure, replacing…
The initial launch involved Rome, Turin and Naples - Now the ultra-broadband, based on the FTTCab architecture, is extended to a total of 25 cities - A note from the company recalled that the laying of the optical fiber has been started…
The Deputy Minister of Economic Development guaranteed the Government's commitment to complete the plan - Catricalà said these words during the hearing before the Transport Committee of the Chamber
The Councilor for Infrastructures and Mobility of the Lombardy Region speaks: "We need to encourage the spread not only of physical infrastructures, but also of ultra-broadband" - "We must understand technological innovations" - Benefits for 840 billion euros.
Minimum connection speed 30 and maximum 60-80 Megabits per second - Within the next year, Telecom Italia will lay approximately 120 km of optical fiber in Pescara which will be used to connect over 390 street cabinets equipped with new generation electronics,…
Digital agenda, start-ups, infrastructure, payments with electronic money and motor liability: these are the main chapters of the decree approved today by the Council of Ministers - With the new growth measures by Corrado Passera, the government of…
Digital agenda, start-ups, infrastructure, payments with electronic money and motor liability: these are the main chapters of the decree approved today by the Council of Ministers - With the new growth measures by Corrado Passera, the government of…
The two companies have signed a memorandum of understanding for the development of the new generation fixed telephone network "Fiber to the Cabinet" (FTTCab) - The agreement "provides for the possibility of sharing investments and costs in the construction of infrastructures".
Here is the report on "Broadband and new generation networks" by the Research and Study Service of Cassa depositi e prestiti - The analysis is divided into 6 chapters: it highlights the delays that Italy suffers in the diffusion of new…
According to a study by the Observatory on the Costs of Not Doing, chaired by Professor Andrea Gilardoni of Bocconi University, the creation of the new BUL network generates a net "social benefit" of at least 850 billion euros, determining a corresponding potential burden for…
