Etisalat inks roaming deal Telecom ItaliaEtisalat and Telecom Italia Sparkle signed an agreement to connect their global multi-service IPXs allowing mobile subscribers to roam seamlessly between international operator networks and get high quality voice and mobile data services. More… |
Vodafone sues Telecom Italia for $1.3bnBritish telecoms provider Vodafone Group is suing Telecom Italia for abusing its dominant position in Italy, seeking damages of more than 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion). A Vodafone spokeswoman said in an email on Sunday the civil More… |
Telecom Italia denies Qatari talks reportTelecom Italia denied on Monday it was in talks with Qatari funds to sell a stake in its fixed-line business after it completes a planned spin-off, saying a media report as such was groundless. The board of Italy's biggest pho More… |
Samena to host telco chiefs at leadership eventThe Samena Telecommunications Council will host the chairmen and chief executives of telecom operators and broadcasting companies worldwide to participate in a leaders’ gathering in Venice. Samena (South Asia – Middle More… |
Egypt's Sawiris offers to buy Telecom Italia stakeEgyptian tycoon Naguib Sawiris has offered to buy a stake in Telecom Italia, he and Italy's largest telecoms company said on Monday, in the latest sign of interest from emerging-markets investors in struggling euro zone com More… |
Libyan funds mull T.Italia stakeLibyan sovereign funds are talking to Telecom Italia and other Italian companies about possible stake purchases, Saif Al Islam Gaddafi, the son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, said on Thursday. Libyan funds have recently raised their sta More… |
Libya mulls Telecom Italia investmentLibya is considering investing in Telecom Italia, its ambassador to Italy told Il Sole 24 Ore newspaper, and could ask for a deputy chairman's post at UniCredit bank, where it is now a top shareholder. Sources close to the matter have told More… |