Fastweb: growing revenues in the first quarter, +155.000 new customers
Overall EBITDA increased by 2%, while investments stood at 157 million euros
Dividends at new record in 2023, global buybacks down 14%: photography by Janus Henderson
According to the latest Janus Henderson report, in 2023 buybacks fell to 1,11 trillion dollars, returning below 2021 levels. 17% cut in the US in the wake of reductions by hi-tech giants. In Europe you buy back…
Energy and telecommunications, a marriage in two stages. Here's what awaits us
Commercial agreements for joint offers are multiplying. But there is much more on the horizon. Technology, artificial intelligence and marketing accelerate convergence. And Franco Tatò's visionary multi-utility strategy is ready to take off
Stock market latest news: Europe finds good humor again on the day of the three witches. In Milan banks and Tim do well, Cucinelli down
The mixed macro data do not discourage the stock markets, still convinced that the Fed and ECB will cut rates in June. The turmoil of the TLCs due to the Swisscom-Vodafone deal pushes the price lists, spreads rising
Swisscom acquires Vodafone Italia for 8 billion. A new TLC giant is born with Fastweb
A binding agreement worth 8 billion euros has been signed. The operation will revolutionize the telecommunications landscape in our country. The merger with Fastweb will create a leading operator in the Italian market
Iliad: in 2023 revenues will reach 10 billion euros. In Italy turnover +14,5%. Constant growth in users
The French group recorded a turnover in Italy for the first time over one billion euros, with 10,9 million total users. The group's global goal for 2024 is to reach 10 billion euros in turnover…
Latest stock market news: Swisscom reawakens interest in telecommunications, Apple's stop slows down electric cars
The run of BTP Valore continues, with orders exceeding 12 billion in the morning, Bitcoin above 59 thousand dollars. Leonardo runs in Piazza Affari
Iliad enters Tele2 with 19,8% for 1,16 billion. Tlc consolidation, the group's moves in Europe
Iliad's purchase of almost 20% of the Swedish operator Tele2. The company led by billionaire Xavier Niel will do the shopping through Freya Investissement
Vodafone says no to Iliad's offer for Italian activities
The announcement comes from the French group which, it says, "will continue its stand-alone strategy". Vodafone: "We are exploring options with different parties in Italy"
Stock Exchange 20 December: TLC queens of the market and Telecom Italia (+6%) leader in Milan due to the Telefonica and Iliad-Vodafone effect
The return of the Spanish State to the capital of Telefonica and Iliad's offer to Vodafone for the purchase of the Italian branch have revived the TLCs and in Milan Telecom Italia has benefited from this by gaining over 5% and becoming the…
Stock market December 20: not even the missiles on the Red Sea scare the markets. Dow skyrockets with 10 increases in a row
Stock markets continue to rally and record decline in BTP yields - telecommunications stocks on the rise
Iliad: 8,5 billion offer presented to Vodafone Italia and aims for a merger of equals
The French group breaks the deadlock and presents an offer to create a 50% Newco with Vodafone Italia. The new company begins the consolidation of the telecommunications market in Italy. And what will Swisscom do now? Vodafone takes note of the proposal…
AT&T: $14 billion agreement with Ericsson to modernize the wireless network in the United States
The five-year partnership will help boost the wireless network in North America and expand the 5G network. AT&T aims to be a leader in digital transformation in the United States. For Ericsson, however, it is the largest agreement ever made
Vodafone Italia, future at the crossroads: it is being sold in Spain, what will happen in Italy?
Changes in Tlc. After Tim, the time may have come for the sale of Vodafone Italia's assets. However, few candidates on the horizon with only Iliad and Swisscom (Fastweb's parent company) potentially interested in the acquisition. Meanwhile, Vodafone bids farewell to Spain by selling its assets…
Tlc: a stop to targeted offers for customers arrives, but the sector unions protest. Here because
In the competition bill, the government proposed an amendment to put an end to the practice of operator attacks, a commercial strategy that aims to steal customers from another operator with "ad hoc" personalized offers. Telecommunications unions protest: "boomerang risk"
Tim, the offer of the KKR fund on the board of directors' table. Employees: “Now it's time to decide”
The long weekend for the sale of Tim's network continues - Representatives of two associations within the group have underlined the need to close the game in order not to further damage the company and slow down its development
Iliad continues to grow in Italy: mobile users are flying, fiber is also growing
In the first half of the year, Italian turnover increased by 12,2%. The CEO Levi: "Market leader in mobile growth for 21 quarters". IliadSpace arrives by the end of the year
Telecom and D'Alema: what a mistake to support the takeover bid by mistaking adventurous financiers for courageous captains. Messori tells
Interview with Marcello Messori, economist at Luiss and former economic adviser for the privatizations of the D'Alema government - "I manifested in good time my motivated dissent on the Telecom takeover bid which suffocated the main Italian telecommunications company with debts and which was…
Scandal Altice: Investigation into corruption in Portugal shakes billionaire Drahi's telecommunications group
A scandal engulfs Altice International, a French telecommunications multinational. The co-founder of the Group, Armando Pereira has been under house arrest in Portugal since July for alleged tax fraud, corruption and money laundering. French-Israeli billionaire Drahi feels "betrayed" and in "shock"…
Telecommunications: Agcom certifies the crisis in the sector. Lasorella: "The uncertainty on the Tim network weighs on it"
In the annual report presented to Parliament, Agcom summarizes the crisis in the telecommunications sector, with falling revenues and investments, pluralism at risk and reconfiguration processes.
Tlc, the shock cuts of British Telecom and Vodafone certify the crisis of a sector displaced by the OTTs: does the Government know it?
The shock signals arriving from the United Kingdom make clear the structural crisis of the telecommunications which is based above all on the unlimited advance of the Internet giants - It is time for the Meloni government to wake up and urge Europe too...
Vodafone: margins are down for the year. The restructuring of Della Valle begins: cutting 11.000 seats, in Italy 1.000
Steady revenues. Profit rises to 12,3 billion thanks to the capital gain on the sale of Vantage Towers. The new CEO Della Valle launches a simplification plan to recover competitiveness
Vivendi: revenues up 3,3% and agreement to sell Editis. The title runs
Vivendi's revenues rose to 2,29 billion thanks to the strong performance of the Canal+ group's businesses. Today the assembly for the ok to the 2022 financial statements closed with a loss of 1 billion for the fair value adjustment of the investment in…
Hera and Ascopiave complete the acquisition of 92% of Asco TLC
Finalized the agreement for the sale of 92% of the shares of Asco Tlc. A multi-regional operator will be born from the merger by incorporation of Asco into Acantho (Hera).
Tim, Labriola asks for new rules immediately: "So the TLC sector doesn't have three years ahead and 5G is at risk"
New lunge by Tim Pietro Labriola's CEO. "In Europe too many operators and rules designed twenty years ago. The world has changed"
Tim launches the new Enterprise: 5 people and 1 billion Ebitda. Schiavo: "This is how we consolidate leadership"
Tim has launched the new structure of the business unit dedicated to large customers and the Public Administration. The new step towards corporateisation presented to the trade unions. Here's the news
Vodafone sells its Hungarian subsidiary for 1,7 billion euros
The telecommunications group has reached an agreement with the companies 4iG and Corvinus, a holding company controlled by the state. The proceeds from the sale will be used to reduce debt
Tlc: Hera Group and Ascopiave complete the acquisition of 92% of Asco Tlc
The two companies had been awarded the procedure launched by Asco Holding for the sale of 92% of the shares of Asco Tlc. A multi-regional operator will be created from the merger by incorporation of Asco into Acantho (Hera).
Cellnex: boom in revenues and profits in the third quarter of 2022. Acquisition completed for the activities of Ck Hutchinson UK
For the Spanish group, record increases in the third quarter: revenues of 46% and adjusted EBITDA of 45%. Completed the acquisition of CK Hutchison's towers in the UK. And the title flies
Tvmediaweb.it is born, a new online weekly dedicated to the world of media and telecommunications
The new editorial initiative, edited by Marco Mele and Patrizio Rossano, will have weekly periodicity, without excluding "flash" publications when news of particular interest will make it necessary
Vodafone: Xavier Niel, founder of Iliad, buys 2,5% of the group for 750 million pounds
Last February Vodafone had rejected the expression of interest of Iliad and Apax for 100% of Vodafone Italia
Virgin joins forces with Open Fiber to sell fiber online in Italy as well: it aims to cover 10 million homes
The Virgin of the volcanic Richard Branson is preparing to offer connections to the fiber optic network also in Italy through the Open Fiber infrastructure
Draghi, the pride of having served Italy well and the regret of not having completed the work: Salvatore Rossi speaks
INTERVIEW WITH SALVATORE ROSSI, Chairman of Tim and former General Manager of the Bank of Italy - "The government crisis could lead to negative macroeconomic effects almost like those of a worsening of the war" - Repercussions on the PNRR and trust in the Internet…
The TLCs in crisis ask for a new pricing policy: in 2021 lost revenues of over 1 billion
The pressure on the balance sheets increases: in one year a third of its value has been lost (from 41,9 to 28 billion in revenues). The numbers of the Asstel 2022 Report say it. The Kkr node on Tim
Iliad Italia: revenues grow by 13% in the first quarter, users reach 8,8 million
The distribution network is also growing strongly (+35%) - The quarter was positive also at European level - The Lazio Regional Administrative Court confirms the 1,2 million fine imposed by the Antitrust
Tim, single closest network: green light from Kkr to the agreement with Open Fiber for the rental of networks
The American fund Kkr has given the green light to the commercial agreement between Tim and Open Fiber for fiber in the so-called white areas: another step forward towards a single network
Tim, Labriola will present the reorganization and division of the Group into 7 on 2 July. The quarterly accounts
Now the goal is to convince Kkr, which has 37,5% of Fibercop, to sign the agreement with Open Fiber - Meanwhile, Tim closes the first quarter with a loss of 204 million, a little better than last year
Tim, the English CVC fund enters the field: it aims to take over 49% of the business services branch
After KKR, the English fund CVC also shows interest in Tim and proposes to take over 49% of business services: 10 weeks of exclusive negotiations requested
Golden Power and cybersecurity: the Government's squeeze on PA, TLC and defense clouds
In defense of national strategic companies and the Public Administration, the Government has decided to strengthen special powers through the Golden Power and to strengthen cybersecurity measures
Bernabè launches Spac for the green transition: third novelty in a few days after steel and Dazn
Sustainable Ventures, Spac with a focus on the green transition promoted among others by the former CEO of Eni aims to raise 150 million and be listed on Euronext Growth Milan in March
Vodafone rejects Iliad's offer for 100% of the activities in Italy
According to what was revealed by Vodafone, Iliad's offer also involved the private Equity Apax Partner - "The ok is not in the interests of the shareholders".
Iliad sets its sights on Vodafone Italia: offer to the board, 14 billion on the table
From merger to acquisition. The offer was allegedly presented last week. Towards a telecommunications giant with 6 billion in revenues
Vodafone revenues up. The fixed network is growing in Italy
Total revenues increased by 4,3%, November guidance confirmed - In Italy the decline in mobile continues due to aggressive competition from Iliad
Tim: on January 21st the Board of Directors for the appointment of the new CEO, Labriola in pole position
According to Radiocor, an extraordinary board of directors would have been convened for Friday 21 January to choose the manager who will lead the group - the current Dg Labriola is the favorite
Open Fiber, Barbara Marinali president and Mario Rossetti Ad
With the closing of the acquisition of the Enel stake, the new Board of Directors has been appointed and has approved the 2022-31 business plan - 7,175 billion euro credit line for fiber optic coverage of the entire national territory
Smartphone, operators shorten contracts
The Italian government has set the rules to apply the European directive on mobile phones: the 48-month installments on smartphone purchase contracts disappear. Free customers after 24 months. Here's the news
CDP changes: more dynamism in equity but stability in TLCs
In presenting the new Cdp plan, the new CEO, Dario Scannapieco, clearly explained that the management of the group's shareholdings will be dynamic but that the strategic ones (including those in the TLCs) will be stable - The mission of the…
Tim brakes, the crux of independence weakens the Kkr plan
The hypothesis of a stew, the birth of a single company for the network: Tim's future scenarios impact on the control of data and information. Vivendi has a proposal for the government and the stock slows down on the stock exchange
KKR: here is the US fund that wants to conquer Tim
With over $400 billion under management and revenues of about $200 billion a year, the American fund that has its eye on Tim is a first-rate financial powerhouse. In Europe he is the first shareholder of the German Axel…
Inwit buys 700 systems for 70 million from Vodafone Italy
The infrastructure covers a thousand kilometers of road and motorway tunnels - 32 distributed antenna systems are also part of the operation
Tlc, 2021 in recovery: the ranking of the major companies
According to a Mediobanca survey, after the difficulties experienced in 2020 due to the pandemic, in 2021 the TLCs will try to raise their heads again, but Europe remains at a standstill - Which is the largest group in the world? Who wins in Italy?…
Eolo to the Swiss: Partners Group buys 75% of the capital
Luca Spada, who founded Eolo, will keep 25% of the capital. Thanks to the operation, the ultra-broadband connectivity company Fwa aims to strengthen in Italy and Europe with 850 million investments by 2025
Ciccotti (Rai): "The technological breakthrough calls us: here are our strategies"
INTERVIEW WITH STEFANO CICCOTTI, Chief Technology Officer of Rai - Beyond the appointments and the general reform, for Rai but also for the entire telecommunications system 2021 is a year of great transformations - The refarming…
AT&T-Discovery: billionaire wedding to challenge Netflix
Marriage between Warner Media and Discovery will create a telecommunications giant that will challenge Disney and Netflix in streaming - Discovery flies into the pre-market
Colao rejects the single fiber network. Better than the competition
The Minister of Innovation makes it clear that the project is not included in Italy's Recovery Plan. Telecom Italia sinks on the Stock Exchange, the EU decides. In the new scenario, tenders, subsidies and spaces for new competitors - But Tim disputes the unfavorable interpretations…
Tlc: EiTowers sells the towers for 535 million
The buyer is Phoenix Tower International, which has the giant Blackstone among its sponsors - The closing of the operation will allow F2i and Mediaset to collect a rich dividend
Tlc: the Recovery Plan can relaunch the pole of the towers, but not immediately
The focus of the Draghi Plan on digitization and Minister Colao's willingness to accelerate the spread of the Internet throughout the country create the conditions for bringing the pole of the radio and television signal transmission towers back to the scene, but…
Iliad 1st shareholder of Unieuro, investment of 50 million
The company led by Xavier Niel has acquired 12% of the capital - The Unieuro stock runs on Piazza Affari
Single Network: Vestager denies the green light from Brussels
The European commissioner for the digital agenda explained that so far Brussels has never given any go-ahead because the operation has never been notified to the European headquarters and therefore the Commission has not expressed any assessments
Exprivia presents a binding offer for Italtel
On 31 March Italtel requested the composition with creditors "blank" - Exprivia's proposal provides for a capital increase of 20 million, financial resources of 13 million and a put option to be exercised after 2023
Tim buys the Pa and Pmi business units from BT Italia
Signed a preliminary agreement regarding the Italian divisions of Btp that offer services to the Public Administration and to Small and Medium Enterprises
Tlc, revenues still down: 2 billion gone up in smoke
According to a report by Agcom, the turnover of the 30 largest companies has fallen below the threshold of 30 billion for the first time. Prices fall and investments absorb 97% of cash flows: a pressure that risks…
Tlc, the Towers game is heating up: Cellnex advances, Vodafone is hot on its heels
Cellnex remains number one in Europe, especially after the acquisition of Hutchison's European network. But Vodafone prepares the super IPO of Vantage. And in France, Orange wants to promote a great trio...
Tlc, the Government prepares the rule "save Mediaset"
After a European sentence that proved Vivendi's Frenchmen right, the Government acknowledged that it had to put its hand to the Gasparri law. A new regulation is on the way to protect Italian communications: Agcom's ok will be needed to scale them.
Tlc, Covid-19 ballasts revenues but data traffic is booming
According to a report by the Mediobanca Research Area on TLCs, the aggregate revenues of the world's top 30 companies fell by 2% in the first half of 2020, but in Italy the drop in turnover is as much as 8% - The network is holding up well…
TV and TLC: new edition of the States General in November?
The Government is thinking of a summit on TV, Rai reform, TLC and the single network for November 18, but at present the differences between Pd and M5S are still wide
Tlc at the crossroads: minimum revenues, maximum investments
The super discounts on gigabytes and calls jeopardize the sustainability of the operators' important investment plans in fiber and 5G. According to the Asstel-Politecnico di Milano Report, the TLCs have lost 1 billion in revenues, down to…
Tlc, single network between Scilla and Charybdis
The establishment of a single network company can favor the development of the fiber infrastructure as long as it is truly independent, otherwise the risk that the project runs aground on the antitrust rocks remains on the carpet
5G, Ericsson: billionaire shopping in the USA
Swedish Multinational Announces Acquisition of US Company Cradlepoint for $1,1 Billion - Closing Expected by Year-End
Single network and TV: why Rai and Mediaset are knocking on the door
Both Mediaset and Rai show interest in the fiber network company Tim is working on with the government's blessing, which however risks becoming an even more complicated road - For Mediaset, a lot will depend on the negotiation...
Stock Exchange, the Single Network pushes Tlc and Mediaset
Piazza Affari sinks at the end of the day held back by Wall Street but the events of Tlc and the media give the turbo to the stocks concerned - Runs FCA, brakes Atlantia.
Iliad, over 6 million customers in Italy: "In 2021 the fixed network"
Growing results in the first half for Iliad - Revenues up 76% in Italy, the project on the fixed network that should debut before next summer goes ahead - France does well
Tim presents binding offer for Oi in Brazil
The telephone group announced that it had presented the binding offer for the Brazilian operator together with Telefonica and Claro. Here are the conditions
Iliad chooses Open Fiber and lands on landlines
The low-cost telephone operator has signed a strategic agreement which allows it to converge also on the fixed offer - Ripa (OF): "The validity of our neutral model has been confirmed". Levi (Iliad): "This is how we speed up time"
5G, Johnson wants an anti-Huawei club
The British premier relaunches the offensive against the Chinese Huawei and, in harmony with Trump, aims to create a sort of enlarged G7 for the telecommunications - But some British ministers do not agree with Johnson because they fear negative repercussions for…
Stock Exchange, the worsening of the recession slows down Piazza Affari
The worsening of the macroeconomic prospects, evoked by Confindustria, weighs down the Italian stock exchange, even if pharmaceutical and telecommunications stocks go against the trend - Exor also recovers
Tlc, BT and Tim sprint driven by network risk
Growing weekend for telecommunications after the rumors of the Financial Times on Openreach. And the Stock Exchange is looking at Kkr, Elliott and the fiber optic game
TV, TLC, Internet, commercials: the pandemic has changed everything
The lockdown and smart working have changed the habits and lifestyles of Italians by changing the entire telecommunications, audiovisual, broadcast and broadband system: here's how
Open Fiber and the network: "No delay, the essential fiber"
The CEO Elisabetta Ripa underlines how the coronavirus emergency has brought out the inadequacy of the old network loaded by new peaks in Internet demand. OF is accelerating on the new fiber optic infrastructure: in 2018 employed 5.000 workers, this year peaks of 14.000.…
Tim: Pignatone president of the Supervisory Board
The former Chief Prosecutor of Rome is the new chairman of Tim's Supervisory Body: the board of directors of the telephone company appointed him yesterday
Prosiebensat, turnaround at the top: the stock flies and Mediaset runs
The German group kicks CEO Max Conze out, powers UFO Beaujean - Change of strategy, focus on entertainment - Mediaset, the largest shareholder, up sharply in Milan
Tim, quantum computing for 5G: it is the first Tlc in Europe
Tim is the first TLC operator in Europe to use quantum computing algorithms to guarantee customers a better quality of mobile service.
Tlc, Sprint jumps by 74% after the German takeover
The federal judge authorizes the 26 billion dollar wedding that will reshape the US market - a market divided into three operators: AT&T, Verizon and the new T-Mobile.
Cellnex, the continuous shopping of the queen of the towers that the Stock Exchange likes
After last year's exploits, Cellnex Telecom - of which Franco Bernabè is president - continues its shopping for towers throughout Europe and its run on the Stock Exchange: by capitalization it is now the fifth telecommunications company in the Old...
Vodafone sells Egyptian subsidiary for 2,39 billion
The British giant has signed an agreement with Saudi Telecom for the sale of 55% of Vodafone Egypt. The deal should close by June.
Tlc in Italy, an industry in decline but does politics know it?
Falling prices, unbridled competition, unsustainable investments, increasingly low profitability, job cuts: the telecommunications industry in Italy is clearly in crisis but politics does not seem to notice it - Maybe it's time it woke up
Stock market in tension, the spread rises. Atlantia suffers
Wall Street is closed for Thanksgiving but Trump's signing favoring Hong Kong weighs - Yields on Btp auctions rise - Debioli banks and asset management
Iliad: buyback, accounts and record dividend. The title flies
The French company has announced a 1,4 billion euro buyback. Boom in revenues in the third quarter, with Italian turnover rising by 137% - The dividend almost tripled
Italian TLCs: revenues down, but we excel in 5G
New edition of the Mediobanca Research Area survey on the TLC sector: in 2019 the turnover of Italian operators decreases, in Europe Deutsche Telekom and Telefònica lead the way.
Tim, Salvatore Rossi is the new president
Yesterday Tim's board of directors unanimously appointed Salvatore Rossi as the new president of the company - Rossi was the General Manager of the Bank of Italy until last spring - Gedi's board of directors reiterates his No to Carlo's purchase offer…
New Government, first act: Golden Power on 5G technologies
The Council of Ministers has decided to exercise special powers on some contracts relating to the purchase of goods and services for 5G by Linkem, Vodafone, Fastweb, Wind Tre and Tim
Tim Network: Crotone, Naples and Caserta at the top of the digital cities
The 2019 Notebook of the Centro Studi Tim photographs Italy seen from the network of the national giant. The South at the top for data traffic volume
Pole of the towers: two opposite scenarios for TV and telecommunications
Despite having an indisputable industrial logic, the pole of broadcast towers now seems to have lost ground - The scenario for broadband towers is completely different
Huawei: China defends it, US telecommunications fly
After the escalation of tension between the US and China over Huawei, the US administration gives three months before banning the Asian giant - The wedding between Sprint and T-Mobile gives new impetus to American telecoms - Collapse…
Telephone tariffs: new maximum price for calling in the EU
The companies will not be able to charge more than 19 cents per minute (plus VAT) for both landline and mobile calls - For text messages, however, the maximum cost is 6 cents
Tiscali: Costamagna and Soru bring it back to Italy
Costamagna takes over 22% of Tiscali together with other shareholders and enters into a management agreement with Soru which will allow the Sardinian company to return to Italian hands
Iliad, Italy is not enough: fewer customers and stock ko on the stock exchange
Despite the success in Italy where it has reached 2,8 million customers, the French operator Free loses subscribers at home, after the counterattack of the other operators on prices - Revenues slowing down, the title has lost almost two thirds…
Tlc, a telephone and a half for Italian but the connection is slow
According to the analysis by Mediobanca R&S on Tlcs, our country has one of the highest mobile diffusion rates in the world, but in terms of download speed we are even very far from Portugal - The ranking of operators
5G: "Wrong rules, here's what the TLCs risk", says Rangone
INTERVIEW WITH ANDREA RANGONE, founder of Polimi's Digital Innovation Observatories and CEO of Digital360 - The cost of frequencies and above all the price war and the collapse of sector revenues make the future of telecommunications very problematic…
Internet of Things, the Innovability event returns to Rome
The event dedicated to the "Internet of Things" organized by Innovability - Open Gate Italia among the major protagonists returns to Rome - Rovizzi: "In the creation of 5G networks it is essential to create the conditions so that all service providers can access…