Telecom Italia has confirmed that fixed mobile convergence is back on its agenda. "Telecom Italia] confirms that convergence between fixed telephony, mobile telephony, broadband Internet and media content remains its strategic goal," it said in an official statement, with the text deliberately in bold.
Last month Telecom Italia surprised the industry when it announced that it would separate its fixed-line and mobile phone businesses (See fixed mobile divergence). "Telecom Italia has been knocked back by the national regulator, but that was not sufficient reason to turn the corporate ship one hundred and eighty degrees" was Total Telecom's leader comment at the time.
Now Telecom Italia intends to develop a next-generation access network enabling high-definition TV and public services such as tele-medicine. The network will also be separated from Telecom Italia, according to a model to be jointly developed with the regulator.
According to The Times, Vittorio Merloni, head of Indesit and an advisory member of the Telecom Italia board, was asked if the board had discussed spinning off TIM into a separate company, he replied: “Not even in your dreams.”
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Europe is witnessing a lot of forces as big players are investing heavily – BT and Vodafone are leading the way. Telecom Italia will certainly make the market better.
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