BROWSING: Telecom Italia

TIM Group's Noovle cloud business unit will provide Italian enterprises and public sector groups with multicloud services powered by Oracle.

Italian operator Telecom Italia (TIM) announced the activations of Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) systems in the cities of Matera and Turin following its first use of the technology in Faenza earlier this year. The European operator said the aim is to accelerate the...

Deutsche Telekom has said it is now offering NB-IoT connectivity in 20 countries and LTE-M in 10 countries. The company has outlined new cellular IoT contracts for water irrigation with Spanish manufacturer Hidroconta, in-building lighting with German lighting specialist Fischer Akkumulatorentechnik, storm damage monitoring...

French research institute for electronics and information technologies CEA-Leti has announced a new European Union "6G" research project for next-generation wireless connectivity.. Called RISE-6G, it will design, prototype and test smart and energy-sustainable technological advances based on reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) that will enable programmable...

Italian telco Telecom Italia (TIM) continued its longstanding smart city technology collaboration with Turin city council by switching on what the operator describes as Europe's first 5G "Edge Cloud" live network with connected drones, the operator said in a release. The network is designed to...

The Italian smart port of Livorno in Italy is to showcase how buzzword industrial tech like 5G, AI, and IoT can help enterprises, municipalities and governments to bring forward environmental improvements to meet the United Nations’ ‘sustainable development goals’ (SDGs). The SDGs were set out...

  Chinese vendor Huawei has denied press reports suggesting that it may partner with China Mobile in a bid to acquire Brazilian telecom operator Oi. "Huawei has no plans or interest to acquire Oi or any other Brazilian carrier. With more than 20 years in Brazil,...

  The U.K.’s Vodafone Group has confirmed that it will create a separate business to house its tower infrastructure in Europe. Vodafone said the new entity, dubbed TowerCo, woill be the largest tower company in Europe. Its assets include 61,700 towers across ten markets, with 75%...

The Italian carrier had recently secured spectrum in the700 MHz, 3.7 GHz and 26 GHz and bands Italian carrier TIM and Samsung Electronics have signed a strategic collaboration agreement for the joint launch of TIM's 5G services in Italy. The two companies said they intend to...

The Italian government confirmed Telecom Italia, Vodafone, Wind Tre, Iliad and Fastweb submitted offers for 5G frequencies The Italian government raised a preliminary 2.48 billion euros ($2.87 billion) in an auction of 5G frequencies, the country’s Ministry of Economic Development said in a statement. The government...

Nokia, TIM expect nationwide 5G in San Marino by year-end Building on groundwork that began being put into place last year, San Marino, a 24-square-mile micro-state surrounded by Italy, is claiming to be the first "5G state" in Europe. Working with operator TIM and infrastructure...

  Italian authorities expect to raise at lest $2.9 billion with the sale of 5G spectrum Italy’s Ministry of Economic Development (MISE) has announced that seven mobile carriers will participate in a 5G spectrum auction scheduled to begin next month. The participating companies will be Telecom Italia,...

Industry 4.0 and the internet of things among focus of 5G lab Telecom Italia (TIM) and Ericsson have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Municipality of Genoa, the Liguria region and Liguria Digital to launch a 5G digital lab to explore the benefits of...

The telco is currently trialling 5G technology in Milan with Chinese vendor Huawei Italian telecommunications firm Vodafone has partnered with the PoliHub incubator of Milan’s Politecnico University to launch "Action for 5G," the first startup devoted to development of projects based on the 5G standard...

The telco has activated a 5G antenna with millimeter wave support in Turin Italian telecommunications firm TIM, owned by Telecom Italia, announced it has activated what it claims to be the first 5G antenna with millimeter wave support in Italy. The trial, which took place...

Latest 5G trials will be carried out by TIM and Fastweb with the support of Huawei Italian operators TIM and Fastweb, together with Chinese vendor Huawei, said the Ministry of Economic Development (MISE) has awarded  spectrum in the 3.6-3.8 GHz frequencies to trial 5G technologies...

The Italian government has authorized operators to carry out 5G trials in five cities Italian telecommunications operator Fastweb has signed an agreement with the Rome city council to begin trials of 5G and future Wi-Fi technologies in 2018. The primary aim of the agreement is to...

As the 5G arms race continues in earnest around the world, an unlikely contender is poised to boast the title of world's first nationwide 5G network. Telecom Italia has launched the "operational phase" that the company says will lead to nationwide 5G coverage in...

Telecom Italia boosts fiber, mobile speeds Telecom Italia is on the verge of turning up mobile network speeds of up to 700 Mbps -- or what the carrier is calling "4.5G." The carrier said that as of July, customers will be able to achieve those...

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Telecom Italia said it plans to carry out a 5G trial in Turin next year, with plans to cover the city by 2020. Telecom Italia has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Municipality of Turin for the deployment of “5G” technologies in the...

The telco expects its LTE network to reach 99% of the Italian population by the end of 2019. Telecom Italia announced plans to invest 11 billion euros ($11.8 billion) over the next three years to launch premium digital services and improve its network infrastructure across Italy....

In partnership with Commvault, a U.S. provider of enterprise backup, recovery, archive and cloud services, Chinese information and communications technology solutions provider Huawei unveiled plans to create a joint lab in Chengdu, China. The new facility will allow the two companies to develop data backup,...

Offers for cell tower company Inwit from Cellnex/F2i and EI Towers Telecom Italia is evaluating two binding offers for the company’s 45% stake in cell tower holding unit Inwit. The European operator said the offers were made by a consortium comprising Spanish operator Cellnex and Italian...