Iliad Italia launches entry-level Top 170 plan
ITALY 09:53

Iliad Italia launches entry-level Top 170 plan

Iliad Italia has announced the launch of a new entry-level plan with 170 GB of data for under EUR 8 a month. The offer, dubbed Top 170 Plus, replaces the Iliad Giga 150 plan and is initially available until 19 May. It joins the operator's Giga 200 and Giga 250 plans, with 200 GB and 250 GB of 5G data for EUR 9.99 and EUR 11.99 a month respectively.

Italy's FiberCop issues EUR 1 bln bond
ITALY 07:13

Italy's FiberCop issues EUR 1 bln bond

Italian wholesale operator FiberCop has announced the launch of a bond offering for a total of EUR 1 billion for general corporate purposes. The offering is made up of senior secured notes due 2031 and is priced at an aggregate principal amount of 5.375 percent.

Kena prolongs 200GB rate for under EUR 6
ITALY 06:56

Kena prolongs 200GB rate for under EUR 6

Telecom Italia's low-cost brand Kena has extended the validity of a time-limited plan launched to mark its ninth anniversary. The Kena Promo 200GB offer includes 200GB of 5G data plus unlimited calls and 200 SMS for EUR 5.99 a month, with the operator also gifting the first month's top-up to clients who port their number from Iliad and several MVNOs.

Losito named IBM Italia general manager
ITALY 1 APR

Losito named IBM Italia general manager

IBM Italia has announced the appointment of Nico Losito as its new general manager, replacing Alessandro La Volpe, who has decided to leave the company to pursue new professional challenges. In a short statement, the company thanked La Volpe for his contributions and years of service, adding that Losito will take up the role on 01 April.

Italy's Feder Mobile gifts two months of Flash 200 plan
ITALY 1 APR

Italy's Feder Mobile gifts two months of Flash 200 plan

Italian MVNO Feder Mobile has launched a spring offer in which all new subscribers to its Flash 200 plan who sign up online will be gifted the first two months at no additional cost. The plan comes with 200GB of mobile data for EUR 7.99 a month.

Ho Mobile reactivates 100GB, unlimited calls plan for under EUR 5
ITALY 1 APR

Ho Mobile reactivates 100GB, unlimited calls plan for under EUR 5

Ho Mobile, the low-cost brand of Italian operator Fastweb+Vodafone, has relaunched an entry-level plan aimed at customers who port their number to the operator. It includes 100GB of mobile data at 4G speeds for under EUR 5 a month, with the operator also reducing the EUR 29.90 activation fee to EUR 2.99 under the promo.

Fastweb to hike cost of more fixed line rates by up to EUR 3/mth next month
ITALY 1 APR

Fastweb to hike cost of more fixed line rates by up to EUR 3/mth next month

Fastweb (Fastweb+Vodafone) has announced on its website that over a dozen fixed line plans in its portfolio will be subject to a price increase of up to EUR 3 a month starting on 01 May 2026. The unilateral price hikes range from EUR 1 to EUR 3 a month and are due to the need to continue guaranteeing the best network quality and offer services to always meet customer needs, said the operator.

Disney+ to air Rai content day after premiere
ITALY 31 MRT

Disney+ to air Rai content day after premiere

Disney has signed a content licensing agreement with Italian public broadcaster Rai to air a selection of the latter's content on Disney+ the day after their TV debut. The deal is the latest of several Disney partnerships with European free-to-air broadcasters, including ones with RTVE and Atresmedia in Spain, Germany's ZDF and ARD, Britain's ITV and Portugal's SIC.

Italian inflation rises to 1.7% in March
ITALY 31 MRT

Italian inflation rises to 1.7% in March

Italy's main domestic inflation rate (NIC) rose to 1.7 percent annually in March, up from 1.6 percent the previous month and 1.0 percent in January, according to preliminary data from statistics agency Istat. The rise was mainly due to higher energy and unprocessed food, partly offset by slightly lower prices for recreation, transport and housing services.

Italy invests EUR 21 mln to boost digital resilience in quake-hit regions
ITALY 31 MRT

Italy invests EUR 21 mln to boost digital resilience in quake-hit regions

Infratel, Italy's state-owned infrastructure agency, said it will invest EUR 21 million to build a fibre-optic network spanning over 1,200 km and provide free high-speed internet to 183 municipal offices in earthquake-hit areas, as part of its "Infrastructure Strengthening for Communication Resilience" project. Funded by the post-pandemic National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), the initiative aims to support reconstruction and boost digital connectivity in regions affected by the 2009 and 2016 earthqu

Industry groups warn Italian cloud tax risks fragmenting EU digital market
ITALY 31 MRT

Industry groups warn Italian cloud tax risks fragmenting EU digital market

EuroISPA, CISPE and the European Digital SME Alliance have teamed up to voice their alarm over an Italian government decree introducing a recurring levy on cloud storage services, arguing it risks fragmenting the EU digital single market. The joint industry statement criticises the measure signed by Italy's culture minister on 23 February as an unjustified expansion of the country's private copy levy system to cloud-based storage.  

DHH enters managed cybersecurity market with BLS buy
ITALY 31 MRT

DHH enters managed cybersecurity market with BLS buy

Milan-based data centre services provider DHH International has acquired a 65 percent stake in BLS Consulting, marking its entry into the managed cybersecurity market. The company said BLS, a Pavia-headquartered managed service firm focused on IT infrastructure and cybersecurity for business clients, generates over 80 percent of its revenue from recurring sources.

ITALY 31 MRT

TIM's Kena brand gives away 70GB on 9th anniversary

Telecom Italia's low-cost brand Kena has marked the nine-year anniversary of its launch by once again offering all new and existing customers a free 70GB data bundle at 5G speeds of up to 250 Mbps. Under the promo, customers have until 02 April to activate the bundle at no extra cost to be used up over a period of 72 hours via the My Kena application and customer area.

ITALY 30 MRT

TIM, CDP Venture Capital join forces to boost Italian startups

Telecom Italia (TIM) and CDP Venture Capital have signed a memorandum of understanding to identify and support Italian startups and small businesses with high growth potential in areas crucial to the country's digital sovereignty. The initiative will explore industrial, commercial and technological partnerships involving companies from CDP Venture Capital's portfolio and TIM's innovation ecosystem.

ITALY 30 MRT

Italtel boosts ship-to-port connectivity for Costa Cruises fleet

Italian ICT and network specialist Italtel has landed a contract to strengthen communications between ships and ports for Costa Cruises, improving the reliability of network connectivity during port calls across the company's fleet. Italtel worked with Cisco to deliver a wireless system that allows continuous, secure and low-latency data exchanges between onboard and onshore infrastructure, helping cruise operators to manage check-in and other operations for thousands of passengers within tight timeframes.

ITALY 30 MRT

Mediterra DataCenters acquires Sicily hub OHM

Digital infrastructure provider Mediterra DataCenters has announced the acquisition of Open Hub Med (OHM), a data centre facility located in Carini, near Palermo, for an undisclosed sum. Mediterra said the deal forms part of its strategy to build a scalable and sustainable data centre ecosystem serving cloud, content, application, network and security operators across Southern Europe.

ITALY 30 MRT

TIM joins Fastweb in requesting end to Inwit towers deal

Telecom Italia (TIM) said its board of directors has resolved to terminate early a long-term contract it has in place with mobile towers group Inwit, following a similar decision announced last week by Swisscom's Italian subsidiary Fastweb+Vodafone. In a statement, TIM said the decision to end the Master Service Agreement (MSA) with Inwit is part of the company's ongoing effort to "optimise its infrastructure cost base".

ITALY 27 MRT

Eolo CEO Garrone to oversee CFO activities

Italian fixed wireless broadband provider Eolo announced that Paolo Percuoco has stepped down as Chief Financial Officer and that his activities will be redistributed internally under the supervision of current CEO Guido Garrone. The latter initially served as Chief Technology Officer when he joined the company in 2019, subsequently taking over as co-CEO of the Network Division and sole CEO in 2023.

ITALY 27 MRT

Italy's Intred posts FY revenues up 1% to EUR 56 mln

Italian fixed-network operator Intred, based in the northern region of Lombardy, reported revenues of EUR 55.8 million for 2025 as a whole, up 1.1 percent year on year, with EBITDA rising from EUR 24.5 million to EUR 25.5 million and the margin from 44.4 percent to 45.8 percent. Intred said the result was due to the divestment of low-margin or non-strategic services following its acquisition of regional rival Connecting Italia and the gradual termination of activations related to the tenders of the 'Giga Sc

ITALY 26 MRT

FiberCop revenues top EUR 3.8 bln in 2025, reaches 14.3 mln premises

Italian wholesale operator FiberCop reported revenues of EUR 3.8 billion in 2025 as a whole, its first full year as an independent company. The company spun off from Telecom Italia (TIM) in July 2024 said a comparison of H2 2025 and H2 2024 showed stable performance following the transition period, consistent with prior guidance, with organic EBITDAaL growing to EUR 920 million from EUR 917 million.

ITALY 26 MRT

CyrusOne breaks ground on first Milan data centre

CyrusOne has broken ground on its first data centre in Italy, the first of two facilities planned for Milan. The global data centre operator said the MIL1 project in Segrate will offer 27 megawatts of IT capacity across 7,000 square metres of technical space in a three-storey building housing three 9-megawatt data halls.

ITALY 26 MRT

Italy business confidence steady in March, consumer morale plummets

Italy's consumer confidence plunged in March to the lowest level since October 2023 but overall business remained essentially unchanged, according to the latest report from national statistics office Istat. Composite business confidence across the manufacturing, retail, construction and services sectors came to 97.3 in March compared to 97.4 the previous month due to a fall in retail trade sentiment to 100.6 from 104.9, offset by rises in all other segments

ITALY 26 MRT

Open Fiber FY revenues up 18% to EUR 798 mln, tops 16 mln FTTH homes

Italian wholesale operator Open Fiber, owned by state lender CDP (60%) and Australian infrastructure fund Macquarie Asset Management (40%), reached 17 million fibre to the home premises at the end of 2025, up from 15.9 million a year earlier, as well as over 300 partner operators using the network. Open Fiber's infrastructure served more than 3.8 million active customers at the end of December, up 560,000 in the 12 months to December, confirming its leading position among European wholesale-only operators.

ITALY 26 MRT

Ho Mobile offers free EUR 10 top-up via MediaWorld

Ho Mobile, the low-cost brand of Italian operator Fastweb+Vodafone, has teamed up with MediaWorld to offer new subscribers a free EUR 10 top-up when they acquire a SIM card from the electronics chain. The offer is available until 31 July at both physical stores and online on a maximum of two SIM cards.

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