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Telecom Italia Confirms 28Mps Mobile Download Speeds Within Months Telecom Italia has confirmed that it will be offering mobile broadband connections speeds of up to 28 Mps in the first half of this year....Alvarion Wins Italian Nationwide WiMAX Contract Alvarion says that it has won a contract from Italian leading wireless broadband service provider and nationwide WiMAX license holder, Linkem Spa to deploy WiMAX across Italy using its 4Motion solution for the 3.5 GHz frequency band....Mobile Messaging Revenues to Defy Economic Downturn Mobile messaging vendor, Airwide Solutions has published the results of an independent study on the use of mobile messaging. The results prove that despite warnings of turmoil throughout the global economy, growth in mobile messaging shows no signs of slowing....Regulator approves Telecom Italia's network plans Italy's telecommunications regulator approved on Thursday Telecom Italia's plans to guarantee its competitors access to the former monopoly's fixed-line network....Fitch Downgrades Telecom Italia Debt Ratings Fitch Ratings has downgraded Telecom Italia's (TI) Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) and senior unsecured ratings to 'BBB' from 'BBB+', which is generally considered to be lower medium grade, following TI's announcement last week relating to its industrial targets for 2009-2011....Babelgum launches free video to mobile Free video to mobile phones became reality on Wednesday in cell phone-crazy Italy, where Vodafone users with certain late-generation smart phones can now watch video content from Internet TV operator Babelgum, free of data charges....Vodafone Offers PrePay Top-Ups via PayPal Vodafone Australia has launched a PrePay top-up option using PayPal's mobile payment platform. Vodafone prepaid customers simply register for a PayPal account online and select from either direct debit or credit card payment....Telecom Italia to cut 4,000 more jobs Telecom Italia will cut an additional 4,000 jobs by 2011 as it concentrates on core growth markets in Italy and Brazil to confront the deteriorating economic situation, CEO Franco Bernabe said Wednesday....3 Italia Denies Report of 3G Network Break-Up In a terse statement, 3 Italia has firmly denied the story published by Sole 24 Ore regarding the sale of company assets to Italian competitors....Telecom Italia, Italy's largest telephone company, reported a 13 percent drop in third quarter profits on Friday but reaffirmed 2008 targets.... |