Michael Sedge

[Rome] Telecom Italia has announced the establishment of an Information Technology Services alliance division, headed by Gilberto Ricci. The unit, formed through a series of business partnerships, will increase Telecom Italia’s share of the growing, European business-to-business market, according to senior management. The new business unit comprises 42 companies, including Finsiel, a major group in […]

[Italy] The annual E-Commerce Summit, a leading conference on European ebusiness, will take on a new dimension this year to bring venture capitalists and dotcom CEOs face-to-face, organizers told Internet News. The goal of the Summit, according to producer and director, Phebe Archer, has always been to enhance European ebusiness by presenting various issues and […]

[Italy] — Filling the need for up-to-date research on Europe’s $420 billion Internet market, Collective Wisdom, a prime architect behind the continent’s B2B, B2C, and BAME (brick and mortar extension) buildout, has introduced Europe Profile, a monthly, free distribution report. “Europe is the fastest growing Internet market today,” explains Mark Abouzeid, president of Collective Wisdom. […]

[Italy] Gruppo Mondadori, one of Italy’s oldest and most reputable publishing empires, will follow the lead of its U.S. counterparts and enter the e-publishing business by the end of the year. The first downloadable titles from Gruppo Mondadori are scheduled for fall of 2000, with an expanded list in the first quarter of 2001, according […]

Collective Wisdom, the only Italian firm listed in the Internet 500, has announced the formation of Collective WAP, a division of the European Web agency dedicated exclusively to the development and design of applications, Web services, and content for wireless devices. “WAP has a number of advantages over the web as a platform for personalized […]

Nokia and European mobile operator Viag Interkom this week signed on a joint venture that will allow Internet access through cellular telephones utilizing the general packet radio service (Gprs) network. The service, according to Nokia Italia, will go into effect by the end of the year. Under the agreement, Viag Interkom will be provided a […]

Italian business ISP I.NET has announced that it will offer more than 800,000 ordinary shares in a global “new market” listing for institutional investors. According to information provided by I.NET’s director of public information, Myriam Finocchiaro, the ordinary shares will be offered to during a four-day period, from March 24 to 28. A minimum of […]

In less than 10 days, Telecom Italia Network, the Internet division of Telecom Italia, has positioned itself to become one of the major European players in Internet banking and commerce. Joining forces with the Banca Poporare di Novara, to offer e-banking services to customers throughout the Mediterranean peninsula, was a first step in TIN’s overall […]

TIN, the Internet division of Telecom Italia, and the Italian Yellow Pages, SEAT Pagine Gialle, Friday moved towards integration which, according to company executives, will create a leader in European e-economy. Seat Pagine Gialle has over 600,000 clients in the business sector. These companies have an increasing need to communicate, primarily by Internet. The potential […]

If Arrowhead Space and Telecommunications has its way, broadband and satellite technology will be the key that unlocks the expansion of Internet services to every corner of the globe. “While there are approximately 51 phone lines per 100 habitants in the world’s developed countries, that ratio is less than 2 per 100 in Africa, 5 […]

Infostrada, Italy’s second-largest telecom, was forced to temporarily shut down its free ISP service Libero after government watchdogs accused the company of violating national privacy laws. The alarm was sounded from the office of Stefano Rodota, a government advocate for the rights of private citizens, after an examination of Inforstrada’s Libero service contract. According to […]

Former state-owned telecommunications monopoly Telecom Italia threatened to take legal action against government authorities if they continue to delay an approval related to the sale of its ADSL products. Telecom Italia last month introduced FastInternet, through wideband ADSL technology, following successful market testing in major cities such as Rome, Milan, Turin and Bologna. The national […]