Telecom Italia Mobile
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| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Mobile Telephony, Internet Mobile Provider |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Headquarters | Rome, Italy |
Key people | Marco Patuano (CEO) |
| Owner | Telecom Italia |
| Website | tim.it |
Telecom Italia Mobile, also known as TIM, is Telecom Italia's mobile phone brand since 1996. TIM runs a GSM, EDGE, HSPA and LTE networks.
4G LTE is active in 2,560 cities, (77%) including: Ancona, Bari, Bologna, Cagliari, Catania, Florence, Genoa, Milan, Naples, Palermo, Perugia, Pescara, Reggio Calabria, Rome, Trento, Trieste and Turin. 4G+/LTE Plus boasting speeds of up to 180-225 MB exploiting the 4G carrier aggregation is now available in more than 60 cities in Italy: Rome, Milan, Turin, Naples, Florence, Genoa, Palermo, Catania and Bari. 3G 42.2 MB/s active in 2500 cities of Italy.
National fraud in Brazilian prepaid mobile lines
On 8 August 2012, TIM Brasil became involved in a massive scandal in Brazilian news after the release of report by the Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency Anatel.[1]
The report points that on TIM's prepaid voice plan (24.7% market share), called "Infinity" (in which the user pays roughly US$0.12 for each unlimited time call), the calls were intentionally dropped by the company, forcing the customers to make (and pay for) new calls to keep talking. In just one day, 8.1 million calls were dropped and the total profit was approximately US$2 million.
Upon release of the report, the Public Ministry of the Paraná State filed a lawsuit against TIM asking that it stop selling new mobile lines in Brazil and pay a multi million dollar fine for the damages against consumers.[2]
References
- ↑ "G1 - TIM derruba os sinais de clientes de forma proposital, aponta relatório - notícias em Paraná". G1.globo.com. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
- ↑ "G1 - Ministério Público pede a suspensão de venda de chips da TIM no Paraná - notícias em Paraná". G1.globo.com. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
External links
- TIM's website (in English))
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