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Latest Telecoms News from Italy
Benetton Familiy Exit Telecom Italia Consortium
Italy's Benetton family is leaving the consortium that has control of Telecom Italia after reportedly being disappointed with the investment....
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Telecom Italia to Enable Mobile Payments from 2010
Telecom Italia has announced that it will start supporting payments via mobile phones from next year in association with the Italian Movincom Consortium....
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Vodafone Adds Warner Music to DRM-Free Music Downloads
Vodafone has added the last of the big-four music labels to its DRM-free music download service. The new deal with Warner music is in addition to existing agreements with Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and EMI Music that were announced earlier this year....
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Telecom Italia Orders Nokia Push Email Platform
Telecom Italia has signed a deal to offer Nokia's messaging service to its subscribers in Italy. From the middle of this month, Telecom Italia customers will be able to access the Nokia Messaging push email service and subscribe offers designed to send and receive email from mobile phones....
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Vodafone Tests Integrated Active Antenna on its 3G Network
Nokia Siemens Networks says that it has successfully tested an integrated Active Antenna solution on Vodafone's Italian WCDMA network....
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Italy Reports Largest Quarterly Loss Ever Seen
The Italian market saw its second successive quarterly decline in Q1 09, the drop of 0.32m connections representing the largest ever seen in Italy. ...
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Telecom Italia Launches 28Mbps Mobile Download Service
Telecom Italia has launched what it says is the first city-wide mobile broadband service offering peak speeds of 28 Mbps/s in download and 5.8 Mbps/s in upload....
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Telecom Italia Tests Solar Powered Base Station
Ericsson and Telecom Italia are trialing a solar powered base station at the Italian city of L'Aquila, where G8 leaders are meeting this week....
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Italian Operators Sign Tower Sharing Deal
Telecom Italia and 3 Italia have signed a "co-siting" agreement for the sharing of radio mobile access sites which regards both existing sites and those which will be built in the future....
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3 Italia May Sell Stake to Arab Investors
Hutchison Whampoa's Italian arm, 3 Italia has attracted interest from Middle-Eastern investors, the company's CEO Vincenzo Novari told Italian paper Corriere della Sera in an interview....
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