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INWIT’s Italian tower empire crumbling as TIM pulls out

by Harry Baldock | Mar 31, 2026

TIM follows its rival Fastweb+Vodafone in refusing to renew its contact with Italy’s largest tower company

Poste Italiane signals state return with €10.8bn Telecom Italia bid

by Rob Chambers | Mar 23, 2026

The state-backed move seeks to create a national digital champion by integrating TIM’s services and infrastructure into Poste’s diversified portfolio.

WindTre and Iliad mull Italian merger

by Harry Baldock | Oct 31, 2025

According to multiple sources cited by Reuters, the discussions could lead to a joint venture combining CK Hutchison’s subsidiary Wind Tre and Iliad’s Italian operations, which currently operate under the Free brand.

TIM to offer customers free access to Perplexity Pro

by Harry Baldock | Jul 23, 2025

TIM is the first operator in Italy to offer its fixed and mobile consumer customers one year’s free access to Perplexity Pro, one of the world’s most advanced generative Artificial Intelligence platforms

Newly combined Fastweb+Vodafone to build private 5G network for Port of Ravenna

by Harry Baldock | May 7, 2025

In partnership with Italian software company Lepida, Fastweb+Vodafone are set to transform the Port of Ravenna, in Italy, into a ‘smart port’, having won a contract to deploy a private 5G network.

Vivendi begins to sell down stake in TIM

by Harry Baldock | Mar 25, 2025

The French investment company said it had reduced its stake in the Italian incumbent operator from 23.8% to 18.4%, as of March 18

Italian postal service grabs equity in TIM with stake swap

by Harry Baldock | Feb 17, 2025

The Italian government has approved a stake swap that will see Poste Italiane take control of the 9.8% stake in TIM currently held by Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP)

Iliad once again eying Italian consolidation with TIM

by Harry Baldock | Feb 7, 2025

Iliad Italia is once again looking for potential tie-ups with Italy’s incumbent operator TIM, according to reports by local Italian news agencies Corriere della Sera and La Stampa.

Unitirreno subsea cable to land at Sparkle’s Genoa Landing Platform

by Harry Baldock | Jul 24, 2024

Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top global operators, has signed an agreement with Unitirreno – a partnership between Unidata, Italian TLC operator and ISP, and industry experts – for the landing of its new subsea cable system in Sparkle’s Genoa Landing Platform.

Fastweb opens its NeXXt AI Factory

by Harry Baldock | Jul 9, 2024

Fastweb accelerates Italy’s path towards innovation presenting NeXXt AI Factory, the first NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD AI supercomputer operating in Italy

Sparkle brings BlueMed cable to Crete

by Harry Baldock | May 23, 2024

With the landing in Chania, the company strengthens Greece’s position as a digital hub for Internet traffic between Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia

Oracle expands Italia footprint via TIM’s Turin data centre

by Harry Baldock | May 3, 2024

This week, cloud giant Oracle has announced a new deal with TIM Enterprise, the B2B unit of Italian incumbent operator Telecom Italia (TIM), to form a cloud region centred around TIM’s data centre in Turin.

Canadian pension fund to take slice of TIM’s NetCo

by Harry Baldock | Mar 11, 2024

On Friday, the CPP announced that they would be the latest company to invest in the highly prized fixed network assets of Italian incumbent operator TIM.

Swisscom lines up purchase of Vodafone Italy for €8bn

by Harry Baldock | Feb 28, 2024

Today, Vodafone has confirmed that it has agreed to sell its Italian unit to Switzerland’s Swisscom for €8 billion.

CK Hutchison and EQT scrap Wind Tre network infra deal

by Harry Baldock | Feb 13, 2024

In May last year, CK Hutchison announced it was carving out the fixed and mobile assets of its Italian operator WindTre, aiming to sell 60% of the newly formed company to Swedish infrastructure fund EQT.

Now, however, the sale has been cancelled, with EQT issuing only a brief statement by way of explanation.

TIM to rebuff Italian government’s offer for Sparkle

by Harry Baldock | Feb 7, 2024

Last week, the Italian government reportedly made a bid to acquire 100% of TIM’s submarine cable unit Sparkle. While the financial details of the bid were not revealed, reports suggested that it valued the business at up to €750 million.

Today, further reports suggest that this bid is set to be rejected by TIM, with the company’s directors set to seek a higher offer for its subsea assets

iliad proposes Vodafone Italy merger

by Georgia Sweeting | Dec 18, 2023

French-based iliad has announced today that it has submitted a proposal to Vodafone to merge their Italian units, through the creation of a new entity named NewCo. Under the deal, Vodafone would receive a 50% share of the new entity, a cash payment of €6.5 billion and a shareholder loan of EUR 2.0 billion to ensure long-term alignment.