Buongiorno's EBITDA and Net Profit Continued Steady Growth in the First Nine Months of 2009. Net Financial Debt Decreased by Euro 12 Million Compared to 2008 Year-end Figure Nov 10, 2009
The company further enhanced its B2B offering with a proprietary CRM solution for providers' prepaid customers named Intelligent Mobile Marketing (IMM), a suite of technology and CRM services installed at mobile telco operator Telefonica O2 in England in February 2009 and now installed (in beta version) at Telecom Italia Mobile and other undisclosed operators raising to 190 the number of contracts for active services installed at operators globally. Furthermore, despite the downturn in the... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Cubans say access to online market site is blocked Nov 2, 2009
The Internet in Cuba is controlled by the state monopoly ETECSA, a joint venture between the Cuban government and Telecom Italia. Whether the state was blocking the site was unknown but Cuban authorities have in the past reportedly prohibited access to pages they consider "counter-revolutionary," including blogs critical of the socialist system. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Benetton's Faded Colors Oct 17, 2009
The family lost several hundred million dollars with an ill-timed investment in Telecom Italia at the height of the Internet bubble. Another costly mistake was the acquisition of several sporting-goods companies, including Prince tennis rackets and Nordica ski gear, which have since been sold. (Time.com)
Telefonica, Telecom Italia Investors Set to Renew Accord on Telco Control Oct 10, 2009
Telefonica, Telecom Italia Holders Set to Renew Pact (Update2) - Bloomberg ... Telefonica, Telecom Italia Holders Set to Renew Pact (Update2) ... The accord, which lapses at the end of April, relates to Telco SpA, the vehicle that controls Telecom Italia with a 24. (Bloomberg -- Europe)
Draghi Drive on Banker Pay Enhances Possible Candidacy to Succeed Trichet Oct 2, 2009
As an official in the Italian Treasury in the 1990s, Draghi led the of $105 billion worth of Italian companies, including Enel Spa, Telecom Italia SpA, and Banca Nazionale del Lavoro SpA.. Free Markets. (Bloomberg -- Europe)
Bluestreak Technology Unveils New 3D Flash® User Experiences for Set-top Boxes and Mobile Devices at IBC 2009 Sep 11, 2009
Privately held and headquartered in Montreal, Canada, Bluestreak Technology powers the Flash-based user interfaces and applications for many of todays leading television and mobile companies, including France Telecom, Time Warner Cable, Videotron, Mitsubishi, Telecom Italia France, and ZON Multimedia. Additional information is available at +1 (514) 448-7662, , and. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Microsoft tries to revive mobile Sep 2, 2009
Among the mobile operators signing on are AT&T and Verizon in the US, Orange and T-Mobile in Europe, Telecom Italia Mobile in Latin America and NTT DoCoMo Inc and SK Telecom in Asia Pacific. Handset makers producing phones powered by the software include LG Electronics, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, HTC, Toshiba Corporation and Acer. (BBC News -- Technology)
Mobile Gadgets on the Rise Aug 1, 2009
Yesterday the company announced a deal with Telecom Italia Mobile that makes its voice-to-text messaging application available in Italy on the iPhone via the App Store. ProntoTreno is a new voice-powered Trenitalia service using Promptu's technology, that will let Italian train commuters check schedules and buy train tickets using the iPhone. (Datamation)
Reportlinker Adds Video Games Jul 16, 2009
RECENT INDUSTRY ACTIVITY II-86Square Enix Completes Acquisition of Eidos Plc II-86Jaleco Exits Video Game Business II-86Ubisoft Takes Over Southlogic Studios II-86Sony Online Entertainment Acquires Octopi's PoxNora II-86City Interactive and Nintendo of America Ink Agreement II-86Square Enix Enters into an Accord with Ubisoft II-86Activision Publishing Pockets Budcat Creations II-87Activision Publishing Takes Over Budcat Creations II-87Capcom Acquires K2 Co Ltd II-87Electronic Arts Takes Over... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Vivo Jumps Most in Seven Weeks on Brazil Economy, Phone Industry Outlook Jul 11, 2009
Vivo is jointly owned by Portugal Telecom SGPS SA and Spains Telefonica SA, while Tims controlling shareholder is Telecom Italia SpA.. People are starting to get some picture of what the ownership structure could be like, he said. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Telecom Italia Hires Credit Suisse to Analyse Options for Argentine Stake Jul 7, 2009
Telecom Italia Hires Credit Suisse for Argentine Sale (Update2) - Bloomberg ... Telecom Italia Hires Credit Suisse for Argentine Sale (Update2) ... In the past few months the Argentine telecommunications regulatory and antitrust authorities have made arbitrary decisions that impair the disposition and exercising of rights by Telecom Italia, the company said today in a letter filed with the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange by its Argentine unit. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
TIM Participacoes Announces Filing of its Annual Report on Form 20-F and Compliance with SOX 404 Jun 27, 2009
TIM Participacoes is controlled by TIM Brasil Servicos e Participacoes S.A., a subsidiary of the Telecom Italia Group. TIM began its activities in Brazil in 1998, and from 2002 onward established its operations on a nationwide basis, becoming the first wireless operator to be present in every Brazilian state. (PR Newswire)
Argentines Boost Dollar Deposits Ahead of Election on Concern Peso to Fall Jun 22, 2009
(TECO2 AF), the countrys second-largest telephone company, rose 11 percent after reports that parent company Telecom Italia is looking for a buyer of its stake in the Argentine unit. Steel pipe maker Tenaris SA (TS AF) fell 9. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
GSMA Takes Top Honours at 2009 Global Telecoms Business Innovation Awards Jun 18, 2009
The initial group of companies behind the GSMA's UCS initiative include 3 Group, AT&T, KTF, LG, mobilkom austria, Motorola, Nokia, Orange, Qualcomm, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Telecom Italia, Telefonica, Telenor, Telstra, T-Mobile and Vodafone. The group stated that by 2012 a universal charging solution will be widely available in the market worldwide and will use Micro-USB as the common universal charging interface. (PR Newswire)
Corporate Bond Buyers Made Money on Every New Issue in Europe This Year Jun 6, 2009
All New Corporate Bond Issues Made Money in 2009, SocGen Says - Bloomberg. Updated: New York, Jun 06 04:07 London, Jun 06 09:07 Tokyo, Jun 06 17:07. (Bloomberg -- UK)
Mobile Services Made Simple May 27, 2009
S.M.S. partners Sagem Orga GmbH and Telecom Italia have developed verification and certificate systems that are hardwired to the SIM card in users phones and offer very solid security support to authenticate MEMs, for example. A Service Authoring Wizard allows developers to quickly come up with new services, without any technical expertise. (Science Daily)
Vodafone Said to Have Submitted Competing Offer for Hansenet in Germany May 1, 2009
April 30 (Bloomberg) -- submitted an offer for Telecom Italia SpAs German broadband unit Hansenet, competing with bidders including Spains Telefonica SA, two people familiar with the talks said ... The company said last year it was considering selling its wholesale voice services provider Telecom Italia Sparkle and a stake in a Cuban mobile operator ... 5 percent of Telecom Italia through holding company Telco SpA.. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
EU leaders set to back risk sharing in broadband Mar 20, 2009
Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom, Telefonica and Telecom Italia say this system was devised for networks based on traditional copper lines. Stumping up the huge sums needed to give the EU a high-speed broadband network will be a far riskier and costlier undertaking and that financial risk must be shared, they say. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Milan's Santa Giulia Stalled by Debts After Zunino Courted Dolce & Gabbana Mar 18, 2009
Italys shrinking economy, record-low business confidence and job cuts by companies such as Telecom Italia SpA, the countrys largest phone company, caused the residential property market to stagnate in 2008. This year, prices may fall 7 percent, according to , an analyst at Nomisma, a Bologna-based researcher. (Bloomberg -- Europe)
Stockmarkets and dividends: Slash and burn Mar 11, 2009
In Europe previously reliable payers like Telecom Italia and Anglo-American, a mining firm, have reduced their payouts, and even BP has said it cannot increase its dividend at today s oil prices. Income investors were left to ponder Eurotunnel, the operator of the rail link between France and Britain, which will pay the first dividend since its creation in 1986. (The Economist)
Alice IPTV adds Mediaset content Mar 4, 2009
The Italian IPTV provider Alice, which is part of Telecom Italia, will start to offer content from the Mediaset group of channels. They will include a catch-up TV service and premium channels. (Multichannel News)
Need to know: Tata drops ... C&C... Feb 28, 2009
Telecom Italia: Italy s largest telecoms operator cut its dividend and reported that 2008 profit had fallen by nearly 10 per cent. Europe s fifth-largest telecoms operator reported net profit of 2. 21 billion (1. (New York Post -- Business)
Telecom Italia's Fourth-Quarter Earnings Almost Doubles; Dividend Reduced Feb 28, 2009
Telecom Italia Fourth-Quarter Net Rises, Dividend Cut (Update2) ... Telecom Italias conservative payout for this year will allow us to continue deleveraging, Bernabe said in an analyst call ... Telecom Italias net debt fell to 34 billion euros at the end of 2008 from 35. (Bloomberg -- Europe)
Mobile sector targets 2012 for 'universal charger' Feb 21, 2009
Companies that have signed up the initiative include Nokia, Sony-Ericsson, Samsung, LG and Motorola, and from the operators' side, 3 Group, AT, mobilkom austria, Orange, Telecom Italia, Telefnica, Telenor, Telstra, T-Mobile and Vodafone. Chip supplier Qualcomm is also involved from the start, and others are expected to join the effort this year. (EETimes)
Universal phone chargers by 2012 - who signed up? Feb 20, 2009
The companies who have signed up to the universal charger commitment are: the 3 Group, AT&T, KTF, LG, mobilkom austria, Motorola, Nokia, Orange, Qualcomm, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Telecom Italia, Telef nica, Telenor, Telstra, T-Mobile and Vodafone. Noticeable, and to our minds rather shameful absences, from the agreement include Apple, RIM, Palm and HTC. Come on, guys, if Nokia can make it work across its huge platform of handsets, you really have no excuse. (TechRadar UK)
Are universal cell-phone chargers coming? Feb 18, 2009
The initial group of companies that have joined the initiative include 3 Group, AT&T, KTF, LG, mobilkom austria, Motorola, Nokia, Orange, Qualcomm, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Telecom Italia, Telefonica, Telenor, Telstra, T-Mobile and Vodafone. The new standardized chargers would have a shared USB interface and also meet higher energy efficiency targets, with up to 50 percent energy savings. (MSNBC -- Technology)
De la Vega's message should not be discounted Feb 18, 2009
The operators in the group currently include AT&T, Hutchison 3G, Orange, Telecom Italia, Telef;nica, Telenor, T-Mobile and Vodafone. Of course, to truly address fragmentation problems in the U.S., this group would have to include other U.S. players such as Verizon Wireless and Sprint. (FierceWireless, DC)
NAVTEQ Announces the Finalists of the NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge(R) in EMEA Feb 18, 2009
The final judging panel, included executives from BMW, deCarta, I-Source Gestion, Forum Nokia, Orange Partner, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, T-Mobile, Telecom Italia, Telefonica, Vodafone and Wind. We are seeing a significant shift in the way people connect and interact and the award-winning applications demonstrate this," commented Jeff Mize, executive vice president, Global Sales, NAVTEQ. "The calibre of the judges and sponsors is a reflection of the interest and excitement around location-based... (PR Newswire)
Push for standard cellphone charger gains ground Feb 18, 2009
Nokia, Samsung, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Qualcomm and T-Mobile are among the phone and chip makers that have agreed to the plan, while Vodafone, Telecom Italia, AT&T, Orange, Telef. nica, Telenor and Telstra lead the operators that are part of the group. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
Micro-USB endorsed, a trick missed? Feb 18, 2009
On board are 3 Group, AT, LG, mobilkom austria, Motorola, Nokia, Orange, Qualcomm, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Telecom Italia, Telefnica, Telenor, Telstra, T-Mobile and Vodafone. It is an impressive list, but there are some absences. (ZDNet UK)
Cell phone battles in Barcelona Feb 18, 2009
Well 3 Group, AT&T, KTF, LG, Mobilkom Austria, Motorola, Nokia, Orange, Qualcomm, Samsung, Sony, Ericsson, Telecom Italia, Telefonica, Telenor, Telstra, T-Mobile, and Vodafone to a common standard based on the USB interface and enforced by 2012 (I would've hoped for yesterday). The fact that the majority of these folks are carriers incredibly interested in standardizing so they can keep inventory costs down would indicate that we may actually make progress on this one, and that the folks who... (TG Daily)
Meltdown won't affect telecoms sector, says global forum Feb 17, 2009
Rob Conway, CEO of the GSMA, Carl-Henric Svanberg, boss of Ericsson, Alexander Izosimov, Chairman of the GSMA and CEO of VimpelCom, Franco Bernabe, CEO of Telecom Italia, Jon Fredrik Baksaas, helmsman of Telenor Group, Jeffrey Sachs, Director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University and Ernest Ndukwe, CEO of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), were among those who spoke at the event yesterday. They set out how the wider use of mobile broadband services could stimulate growth and help... (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Mobile Industry Unites to Drive Universal Charging Solution for Mobile Phones Feb 17, 2009
The initial group of companies who have joined the GSMA's UCS initiative include 3 Group, AT&T, KTF, LG, mobilkom austria, Motorola, Nokia, Orange, Qualcomm, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Telecom Italia, Telefonica, Telenor, Telstra, T-Mobile and Vodafone - some of the world's largest mobile operators and manufacturers who together are committed to making a universal charging solution a reality up to 2012 and beyond. Supporting quotes. (PR Newswire)
Mobile chargers to go universal Feb 17, 2009
The initial group of companies who have joined the GSMA's UCS initiative include 3 Group, AT&T, KTF, LG, mobilkom austria, Motorola, Nokia, Orange, Qualcomm, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Telecom Italia, Telefonica, Telenor, Telstra, T-Mobile and Vodafone. The new standardized chargers would have a shared USB interface and also meet higher energy efficiency targets, with up to 50 percent energy savings. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Novarra Powers Mobile Web Browsing Service for TIM Customers Feb 16, 2009
BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Novarra today announced that TIM, the mobile branch of Telecom Italia, has deployed its Vision(TM) platform to enhance the mobile web browsing service and offer users access to the full breadth of the internet ... The service will be available to all of Telecom Italia's 35+ million mobile subscribers without changes to existing handsets ... Telecom Italia is deploying Novarra's operator-grade Vision platform for mobile internet and multimedia to perform... (PR Newswire)
