Brazil’s SIM cards total reached 169m mark
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: According to the Brazil National Telecommunications Agency, or Anatel, 169.8 million registered SIM cards were recorded in the country last month. A total of 1.7 million net new additions with a rise of 1% were recorded in November.
Spain’s Telefonica and Portugal Telecom’s joint venture lead the market with a 29.6% market share at the month-end and was ahead of Telmex-owned Telecom Americas (Claro) with 25.4% and Telecom Italia’s TIM Brasil in third with 23.8%.
Idea of network spin off rejected by Telecom Italia
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Telecom Italia’s fixed-line network would not help in developing a new broadband infrastructure for Italy. The view came from head of the company, Franco Bernabe who also said that he does not agree with
an extraordinary financial operation.
Bernabe who has been receiving repeated calls from politicians and a minority shareholder to spin off the network has repeatedly dismissed that as an option, saying Telecom Italia would never relinquish control of the network.
But at the same time he also said that he is willing to consider sharing the investments needed to develop a fiber-optic infrastructure with competitors to improve broadband services in the country.
Nokia and Telecom Italia team up for Nokia Messaging
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Nokia and Telecom Italia have teamed up for bringing Nokia Messaging, an easy-to-use and convenient messaging service. The subscribers will be able to operate the Nokia Messaging push email service, from mid-Sept.
This agreement contributes to the evolution of the mobile phone that will increasingly be a tool to access one’s ecosystem of private, family and professional content. TIM believes in this evolution and wants to experience it alongside its customers,†stated Oscar Cicchetti, Head of Domestic Market in Telecom Italia.
With this service, Nokia and Telecom Italia join forces to drive mobile messaging adoption for their customers using Nokia solutions and Telecom Italia special data plans. We are glad to satisfy the growing consumer demand to access email accounts directly from the device whenever they want, wherever they are. The objective is to bring mobile email to everyone and make it easily accessible to the largest number of users possible,†explained Alessandro Mondini Branzi, General Manager, Nokia Italia.
Telecom Italia and Nokia have conformed to offer Nokia Messaging service with some 30 Nokia Symbian devices which include Nokia E75, Nokia E55, Nokia N97 alongside the Nokia E71 and Nokia N95 8GB. Users merely need to enter their email address and passwords in order to get emails pushed directly onto the homescreen of their mobile phones. With ease and comfort, users will be able to read, send, forward and reply to emails, read and attach files at the same time.
Telecom Italia says no takeover offers for mobile operations
Telecom Italia has issued a statement saying it has no plans for selling its Italian or Brazilian mobile operations and has also received no offers for the activities. Press speculation has suggested the company may sell the mobile activities to reduce debt and focus on broadband and media operations, with Telefonica, Deutsche Telekom and private equity groups named as possible bidders. Leaving the door open for a possible future sale, the company repeated that it will examine any “opportunities for value enhancement” which may present themselves, for both its fixed and mobile networks. The Italian company also noted that while it plans to hive off its fixed and mobile networks into separate companies, no decision has been taken yet on the financial structure for the new companies.
Source- http://www.telecompaper.com/
Technorati : Italy, Mobile, Telecom Italia
Ice Rocket : Italy, Mobile, Telecom Italia
