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Fitch Affirms Wind Italy's Debt Ratings with a Negative Outlook

Fitch Ratings has affirmed Italian telco, wind Telecomunicazioni's ratings, including its Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'BB' with a Negative Outlook.  more

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Bus Ticket Payments by SMS Trials in Italy

­The public transport authority in Florence, Italy has launched an SMS based ticketing system in partnership with Ericsson and mobile operators TIM, Vodafone, wind and 3 Italia. The service allows customers of these operators to buy public transport tickets by text message, charging the cost to their mobile account.  more

Related Tags: tim, vodafone, sms, ericsson, 3-italia, Italy


Italian Government Raises $5.4 Billion from 4G License Auction

­Italy's 4G spectrum auction has ended, with the government raising EUR3.95 billion (US$5.4 billion), significantly more than the original estimate of EUR3.1 billion.  more

Related Tags: 4g, radio-spectrum, vodafone, telecom-italia, hutchison-3g-italy, television, Italy


Fitch: Italian Spectrum Auction Risks are Manageable

­Fitch Ratings says that the Italian spectrum auction process appears chaotic and increases the confusion and uncertainty for network operators but the risks should be manageable.  more

Related Tags: telecom-italia, vodafone, radio-spectrum, auction, television, Italy


Wind Italy to Refinance Debt Pending VimpelCom Purchase

.. the web: Bloomberg News  more

Related Tags: wind-telecomunicazioni, weather-investments, Italy


VimpelCom Confirms US$6.8 billion Merger with Egypt's Weather Group

Russia's VimpelCom and Egypt based Weather Investments have finally confirmed long-running rumours and announced a merger that should create the world's fifth largest mobile telecommunications carrier by subscribers, with pro forma net operating revenues of US$21.5 billion and pro forma EBITDA of US$9.5 billion.  more

Related Tags: weather-investments, naguib-sawiris, vimpelcom, telecom, true, Russia


Greek Operators Face Possible Loss of Operating Licenses in 2012

The Greek telecoms regulator, the Hellenic National Regulator Agency (EETT) has announced that expiring GSM licenses might  not be automatically renewed for their current holders but will be put up for open auction.  more

Related Tags: vodafone, eett, hellenic-national-regulator-agency, gsm-license, Greece


Sawiris Commits to Long-Term Future for Italian Subsidiary

Egypt's Naguib Sawiris has confirmed that he intends to remain a long-term investor in the Italian telecoms market, through his local wind subsidiary. He also committed to investing in a LTE upgrade for the mobile network.  more

Related Tags: weather-investments, naguib-sawiris, vimpelcom, telecom, Italy


Three Bidders for Italian 3G Radio Spectrum

Italy's Ministry of Economic Development has announced that three of the country's four incumbent operators have submitted bids for additional 3G radio spectrum. Telecom Italy, Vodafone and wind have submitted bids, but Hutchison 3G Italy (3 Italia) chose not to, despite requesting tender documents.  more

Related Tags: telecom-italy, vodafone, hutchison-3g--italy, 3-italia, hutchison, auction, telefonica,, Italy


Fitch: European High-Grade Telecoms Maintain Good Liquidity

..an TMT group. "Many telecom companies have been keen to take advantage of the open window by securing early refinancing flexibility even though financing costs have escalated." Recent demand for telecom paper has remained strong as mos more

Related Tags: fitch-ratings, deutsche-telekom, telefonica, telecom-italia, kpn, portugal-telecom, vodafone, capex, iden, eu


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