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European Commission approves infrastructure scheme to boost 5G in Italy

The four Italian carriers had launched their 5G networks between June 2019 and December 2020 The European Commission (EC) approved an Italian government program to allocate 2 billion euros ($2.14 billion) for expansion of 5G and fiber networks in the country as part of a...

WindTre’s 5G network reaches 59 Italian provinces: Report

Italian operator WindTre has activated its 5G network in 59 provinces and eight provincial capitals, reaching around 74% of the Italian population, up from 56% last month and 40%in November, according to a report by Italian news site Mondo Mobile Web. WindTre has accelerated the...

Italian telcos get ready to reach more cities with 5G in 2020

  Italian operators kicked off comercial 5G offerings in parts of the country’s main cities during the second half of 2019 and have already announced plans to rapidly expand coverage during 2020. Vodafone was the first operator to offer commercial 5G services in Italy. The telco,...

Vodafone, Ubitus to launch 5G cloud gaming service in Italy

Italy's 26.2 million gamers spent $2 billion on gaming software alone in 2018 Ubitus Inc. and Vodafone are working together to launch GameNow, a new 5G cloud gaming service exclusively to Vodafone Italy customers. The gaming service, based on Ubitus' GameCloud technologies and developed on...

Vodafone launches commercial 5G services in five Italian cities

  Italian carrier Vodafone announced the launch of commercial 5G services in five cities across the country. Initially, the 5G service will be available in Milan, Turin, Bologna, Rome and Naples. The company used equipment from Nokia and Huawei for the deployment of commercial 5G. The telco,...

Italian government raises a preliminary $2.87 billion in 5G auction

The Italian government confirmed Telecom Italia, Vodafone, Wind Tre, Iliad and Fastweb submitted offers for 5G frequencies The Italian government raised a preliminary 2.48 billion euros ($2.87 billion) in an auction of 5G frequencies, the country’s Ministry of Economic Development said in a statement. The government...

Italian broadcasters threaten Italy’s plans to award 5G spectrum

MNOs may boycott 5G auction over cost concerns Italian broadcaster Mediaset and media group Cairo Communication have filed an appeal with a regional court against rules set by Italy’s communications regulator Agcom for an auction of 5G frequencies, Reuters reports, citing sources with knowledge of...

Italy confirms plans to award 5G spectrum in September

Regulator Agcom said the 5G spectrum auction will allow the government to raise $2.9 billion Italian telecom regulator Agcom announced plans to hold a 5G spectrum auction to award frequencies suitable for next-generation services in September. The watchdog said the sale of 5G spectrum will...

China Mobile and Vodafone Italy launch VoLTE

VoLTE rollouts are supported by Huawei and Nokia Networks Two major telecom service providers last week announced the launch of commercial voice-over-LTE services. China Mobile in partnership with Huawei, and Vodafone Italy with partner Nokia Networks, are rolling out the high-definition voice feature. As part of...