Telecom Italia SPA News

Web-based platforms and the viral distribution of applications via developer communities have changed the traditional service provider business model for good.

Brasilia, Dec 18 The number of cell phones in this nation of more than 192 million people reached 169.8 million last month, the Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency, or Anatel, said.

With pressure once again mounting for incumbent operator Telecom Italia to spin off its network assets in support of the rollout of a national next generation network , company CEO Franco Bernabe has appeared on Italian television to reject speculation, Reuters reports.

Luis Antonio Malvido, 45, who is currently CEO of Brasil's TeleSP from the Telefonica Luis group, will replace Salvador Anglada as chief executive officer and board chairman of Telefonica O2 in the Czech Republic as of February, the firm said in a press release today.

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With its financial woes largely behind it, alternative Italian broadband service provider Tiscali SpA is to extend its transport and access infrastructure into the southern region of the Mediterranean country, and is giving optical equipment firm Infinera Corp.

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Huawei has announced the completion of a joint LTE test with Telecom Italia. Using 14 LTE cells on the existing mobile broadband infrastructure in Turin, the test successfully showcased a downlink speed of over 140Mb/s per cell, demonstrated by three simultaneous connections.

CEO Franco Bernabe reiterates that fixed-line network spin-off is not an option.

Benettons' exit reflects frustration at Telecom Italia's recent poor performance.

The European Union gained more powers to open the telecommunication networks of companies such as Deutsche Telekom AG and France Telecom SA in the EU's latest push to expand services and lower costs for consumers.

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Telefonica SA, Europe's second-largest phone company, on Thursday reported a 0.6% fall in profit in the third quarter, with weakness continuing in European markets on back of the global economic recession.

Argentine incumbent telco Telecom Argentina has posted its results for the nine months ended 30 September 2009, reporting consolidated net revenue of ARS8.86 billion , up 14% compared with the same period a year earlier.

Quick on the heels of nearly prising Brazil's GVT from French rival Vivendi's grasp, Spain's Telefonica SA, one of the world's largest telecom companies, is continuing its acquisition race for global telecom assets: it yesterday reached an agreement with Telecom Italia SpA to buy its wholly-owned German subsidiary, HanseNet for 900 million in an ...

Italy's Benetton family is leaving the consortium that has control of Telecom Italia after reportedly being disappointed with the investment.

America Movil, the largest cellphone operator in Latin America, posted a 51 percent rise in third-quarter net profit on Monday due to a pickup in new subscribers and lower financing costs A man uses a mobile phone in front of a Telecom Italia shop in downtown Rome in this file photo from September 14, 2006.

Italian incumbent issues second statement in two weeks denying links with Austrian peer.

Siemens Communications is the top gainer in the September edition of the Lighthouse Telecoms Index.

Telecom Italia has revealed that it is willing to discuss with rival operators the possibility of collaboration to build up new broadband infrastructure, but reiterated that a spin off of its fixed line assets into a separate company is not an option, Dow Jones Newswires reports.