Italian telecom and antitrust authorities SMS/MMS service probe (Italy)Italy’s telecom and antitrust authorities have launched a joint investigation, in the Italian Market, into transparency of prices and offers of SMS and MMS.
According to the two authorities, the SMS and MMs market together topped the revenue share with EUR4 billion in 2007.
“The two authorities intend to collect data and analyze information and documents on prices and offers for the both kind of services,” the statement said.
The regulators noticed that Italian Operators like Telecom Italia SpA, Vodafone, Wind and 3 Italia, offer a huge variety of offers to different profiles of clients, with huge discrepancies among prices.
