According to the Mediobanca Research Area survey on the telecommunications sector, in the first half of 2024, global turnover grew by 1,5%. The European and world revenue rankings
Minister Urso had defined a contribution from Big Tech to telecommunications companies as "necessary" for their parasitic use of networks. But 24 hours were enough to trigger the reverse gear. Hamlet or King hesitating?
The European Commission has approved Swisscom's acquisition of Vodafone Italia for 8 billion euros. The deal is awaiting approval from the Italian Antitrust Authority. Swisscom expects to complete the merger with Fastweb by the first quarter of 2025
This is a Phase II investigation under merger control rules. Swisscom: "Not unusual in our industry"
Indian telecoms giant Bharti Enterprises has bought 24,5% of British Telecom Group, the UK broadband and mobile operator, for £3,2 billion
Iliad Italia continues its growth with solid results in the first quarter of 2024. Revenue increasing by 12,8%, 11 million active users and first operator for FTTH subscriptions. The Group also did well, reaching almost 50 million…
Overall EBITDA increased by 2%, while investments stood at 157 million euros
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…
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
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
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
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…
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's purchase of almost 20% of the Swedish operator Tele2. The company led by billionaire Xavier Niel will do the shopping through Freya Investissement
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"
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 markets continue to rally and record decline in BTP yields - telecommunications stocks on the rise
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…
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
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…
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"
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
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
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…
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"…
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.
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...
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'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…
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).
New lunge by Tim Pietro Labriola's CEO. "In Europe too many operators and rules designed twenty years ago. The world has changed"
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
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
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).
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
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Last February Vodafone had rejected the expression of interest of Iliad and Apax for 100% of Vodafone Italia
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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".
From merger to acquisition. The offer was allegedly presented last week. Towards a telecommunications giant with 6 billion in revenues
Total revenues increased by 4,3%, November guidance confirmed - In Italy the decline in mobile continues due to aggressive competition from Iliad
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
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
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
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…
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
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…
The infrastructure covers a thousand kilometers of road and motorway tunnels - 32 distributed antenna systems are also part of the operation
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?…
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
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…
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
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…
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
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…
The company led by Xavier Niel has acquired 12% of the capital - The Unieuro stock runs on Piazza Affari
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
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
Signed a preliminary agreement regarding the Italian divisions of Btp that offer services to the Public Administration and to Small and Medium Enterprises
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…
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...
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.
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…
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
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…
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
Swedish Multinational Announces Acquisition of US Company Cradlepoint for $1,1 Billion - Closing Expected by Year-End
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...
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.
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
The telephone group announced that it had presented the binding offer for the Brazilian operator together with Telefonica and Claro. Here are the conditions
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"
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…
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
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
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
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.…
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
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 is the first TLC operator in Europe to use quantum computing algorithms to guarantee customers a better quality of mobile service.
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.
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...
The British giant has signed an agreement with Saudi Telecom for the sale of 55% of Vodafone Egypt. The deal should close by June.
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
Wall Street is closed for Thanksgiving but Trump's signing favoring Hong Kong weighs - Yields on Btp auctions rise - Debioli banks and asset management
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
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.
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…
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
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
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
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…
