Telecom Italia has inked a pact with Acotel Group subsidiary Noverca to enable the latter to launch as a MVNO over Telecom Italia’s mobile network. Noverca will acquire SIM cards, dedicated blocks of numbers, telecommunications services and data access on its GSM/GPRS and UMTS/HSDPA networks. The Alcotel subsidiary will offer services combining telecommunications, internet access and value-added services, such as the distribution of multimedia content, VoIP services, social networking tools and video surveillance. Electronic money and mobile banking services will be developed together with Intesa Sanpaolo, as part of the joint venture agreement signed by the bank and Acotel Group in December 2007. Noverca will function under its own brand and will establish its own marketing and pricing strategies. It will directly deal with contractual relations with consumers and businesses, whether prepaid or contract customers.

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