telecom italia

It's not a misprint. Telecom Italia SpA, Italy's beleaguered former telephone monopoly, once pitched a plan to buy Apple Inc.  About 25 years ago a group of executives from the carrier flew to California to meet Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, with an audacious plan to buy the tech company at a time it was struggling to make headway against rivals like International Business Machines Corp. Telecom Italia, on the other hand, was flying high, ranking as the world's sixth-largest telephone company by sales. Worth about €90…

A majority of EU countries have rejected a push by Europe's big telecoms operators to force major tech companies such as Google to help fund the rollout of 5G and broadband in the region, people familiar with the matter said.At a meeting with EU industry chief Thierry Breton in Luxembourg on Thursday, telecoms ministers from 18 countries either rejected the proposed network fee levy on tech firms, or demanded a study into the need and impact of such a measure, the sources said. That echoed comments made last month by EU…

EU telecoms regulators' group BEREC on Friday warned the European Commission against proposing legislation pushed by the sector to get Big Tech's help to pay for the rollout of 5G and broadband, saying it did not see a competition problem or a market failure.The comments from The Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) to the European Commission which is now looking into the issue underscores the high-stakes battle between Big Tech and Europe's major telecoms operators. "There is no evidence of a…

The European Commission wants to ask Big Tech and European Union telecoms providers about their investment outlays and cloud infrastructure plans before tabling legislation that could make the former pay for network costs, a person familiar with the matter said. Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica , Telecom Italia and the big operators say such a move is all about a fair share contribution as the six largest content providers account for just over half of data internet traffic. Alphabet Inc unit Google, Netflix Inc,…

The European Commission wants to ask Big Tech and European Union telecoms providers about their investment outlays and cloud infrastructure plans before tabling legislation that could make the former pay for network costs, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica, Telecom Italia, and the big operators say such a move is all about a fair share contribution as the six largest content providers account for just over half of data internet traffic.Google, Netflix, Meta, Amazon, and…

A consortium led by Telecom Italia (TIM) has signed an agreement with the Italian government to set up and manage cloud services for the country's public administration. In a joint statement, TIM and its partners—cybersecurity expert Leonardo, Italian state lender CDP, and state-owned IT firm Sogei—said Italy's Innovation Ministry had granted them a 13-year concession to create the technological infrastructure known as the National Strategic Hub (NSH). The cloud hub, one of the projects funded by the European Union to…

Telecom Italia (TIM) and state lender CDP said late on Sunday they had signed a preliminary accord to pave the way for a single broadband network, as the country's former phone monopoly works to hive off its landline grid. The plan aims to combine TIM's fixed network with that of CDP-controlled broadband rival Open Fiber, as CEO Pietro Labriola looks to revive TIM's fortunes via a full-blown split of its landline grid from service operations. CDP, which is TIM's second-largest investor with a 10% stake and owns 60% of…

Brazilian Communications Minister Fábio Faria said on Friday that the government may schedule a new 5G spectrum auction to sell batches that did not attract interest, mainly in the 26GHz frequency.Brazil telecom regulator Anatel concluded an auction on Friday with Faria saying in a news conference that the sale raised a total of BRL 46.79 billion ($8.44 billion or roughly Rs. 62,600 crores) including future capital expenditure commitments, making it the largest auction of telecom assets to date in Latin America.Telecom…