Telecom Italia
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| Telecom Italia S.p.A. | |
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| Type | Public (BIT: TIT, (NYSE: TI) |
| Founded | • 1964 (SIP), • 1994 (Telecom Italia) |
| Founder | IRI - STET |
| Headquarters | Rome, Italy |
| Industry | Communication services telecommunications |
| Products | Fixed & Mobile Lines, Internet provider, ADSL, TV Broadcasting |
| Revenue | €38.9 billion |
| Subsidiaries | Telecontact Center S.p.A. |
| Website | http://www.telecomitalia.it/ |
Telecom Italia (BIT: TIT, NYSE: TI) is an Italian telco. It was founded in 1994, by the merger of several state-owned telecommunications companies, the most important of which was SIP, the then monopolist telephone operator. Originally state-owned, it is now mainly privately-owned. It has the largest user base in Italy.
Telecom Italia operates landline telephone services (in Italy), GSM phone services (as TIM, present in Italy and Brazil) and ADSL services with the brand Alice in Italy, Germany (Hansenet, bought by Telecom Italia in 2003, accquired the internet access branch of AOL Germany in 2006/2007), France (after the acquisition of Liberty Surf in 2005) and the Netherlands (through the controlled company BBned).
Telecom Italia also owns shares in Telecom Argentina and Telecom Personal, fixed and cellular networks in Argentina.
Telecom Italia Media also controls three Italian TV networks: La7, MTV Italia, and QOOB.
In May 2007 Telecom Italia won the Big Brothers Award Italia 2007 as the Worst Private Company for poor respect of Privacy.[1]
On December 13, 2006, Telecom Italia suffered a widespread DNS outage. Newspapers including La Repubblica printed instructions on how users can switch their DNS service to OpenDNS, effectively restoring service to anybody who followed the instructions.
[edit] References
- ^ http://bba.winstonsmith.info/ in Italian
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