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Luigi Gubitosi, the ex-CEO of Italian operator group TIM, has been given 6.9 million reasons to step down from its board of directors. This is just the latest event in a spate of corporate tussling at the top of TIM,...

Telecom Italia (TIM) has downgraded its earnings forecast for the current financial year after its Serie A partnership with streaming service DAZN failed to fulfil early expectations. TIM says that organic EBITDAaL for...

Telecom Italia’s underperforming partnership with the sports streaming service DAZN has forced it to update its forecast for fiscal year 2021. In a statement, the telco (TIM) says that organic EBITDA AL for its...

Telecom italia (TIM Group) fibre infrastructure operator FiberCop has signed an agreement with internet service provider Netoip that will see the fibre-to-the-home access market developed through Netoip’s...

Telecom Italia (TIM) is reorganising its management, with Nicola Grassi, chief technology and operations officer, and Carlo Nardello, chief strategy, business development and transformation officer, both to leave the...

Telecom Italia (TIM) has announced a group reorganisation and the departure of two senior executives. Both Nicola Grassi, chief technology & operations officer, and Carlo Nardello, chief strategy, business...

Sky Italia is contesting the award of exclusive Serie A football rights to DAZN, with a call for a Milan court to block the deal on antitrust grounds and an initial hearing set for May 5. According to financial daily Il...

Telecom Italia (TIM) and unions agreed on Monday to cut up to 1,300 jobs in Italy this year through a voluntary scheme, Reuters reported. The cuts would amount to around 3 percent of TIM’s 42,600 employees in Italy...

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,...

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,...

Telecom Italia (TIM) CEO Luigi Gubitosi has dampened expectations that Mediaset might take a stake in the new Italian single fibre network operator announced last week. Speaking at the Ambrosetti Forum even in...

Italy’s Government continues to try and knock heads together in the country’s fibre broadband market in order to avoid duplication of investment and create a ‘national champion’. According to a report by...

Telecom Italia, American Movil and Telefonica have renewed a joint effort to purchase Oi’s mobile business unit after being outbid by US private equity firm Colony Capital. Earlier this week, Colony Capital tabled a...

Vivendi has suffered a setback on one front in its ongoing legal war with Mediaset, after the Lazio Regional Administrative Court (TAR) rejected an attempt to overturn regulator AGCOM’s ruling that its ownership stake...

Brazilian telecoms operator Oi has received a joint bid from its three rivals to acquire its mobile business unit, as the firm searches for cash to fight back against bankruptcy. While there are still several questions...

Telecom Italia (TIM) has excluded Huawei Technologies from a tender for 5G equipment for building the core network in Italy and Brasil, Reuters reported. Telecom Italia has invited suppliers such as Cisco, Ericsson,...

Any single ultra-fast fibre network in Italy must be operated independently, believes the CEO of multinational energy company Enel. According to news agency Reuters, the Enel chief exec Francesco Starace called on any...

Telecom Italia (TIM) has released its latest financial results, revealing painful battle scars as European nations continue to fight the coronavirus pandemic. While it should come as little surprise when you look at...

More governments are relying on phone location tracking in a bid to track and contain the spread of COVID-19. Eight European carriers, including Deutsche Telekom (T-Mobile), Orange and Vodafone, have agreed to share...

Telecom Italia (TIM) has named Nicola Grassi as head of procurement. Grassi, who will report to CEO Luigi Gubitosi, will be responsible for group-level oversight of vendor assessment and management of procurement...

With the troubles of Brazilian telco Oi plain for everyone to see, Telecom Italia and Telefonica are sniffing out an opportunity for growth in market with significant potential. Telecom Italia (TIM) has confirmed in a...