by Dugie Standeford
Italy's new government has abandoned plans for a “beauty contest” that would have allocated digital terrestrial TV spectrum solely to broadcasters in favour of an auction. The change is expected to be good for long-neglected mobile operators, but at least one broadcaster is threatening to boycott the auction. Read more...
by Michael Newlands
Italy’s multi-band spectrum auction exceeded even the government’s most optimistic projections, raising €3.9 billion after a month of bidding. Read more...
by Michael Newlands
Italy’s multi-band spectrum auction exceeded even the government’s most optimistic projections, raising €3.9 billion after a month of bidding. Read more...
by Jonathan Watson
The bidding has now started in Italy’s 4G spectrum auction. According to the country's ministry of development, more than €3 billion had been raised by the end of the eighth day. Read more...
by Jonathan Watson
The bidding has now started in Italy’s 4G spectrum auction. According to the country's ministry of development, more than €3 billion had been raised by the end of the eighth day. Read more...
by Michael Newlands
Italy’s telecoms regulator Agcom appears to be on schedule to hold an earlier-than-expected “super auction” of 300 MHz of spectrum in four different bands before the end of next month. Read more...
by Michael Newlands
Italy’s telecoms regulator Agcom appears to be on schedule to hold an earlier-than-expected “super auction” of 300 MHz of spectrum in four different bands before the end of next month. Read more...
by Jonathan Watson
Portuguese regulator Anacom has approved the Portuguese government's proposed schedule for analogue switch-off (ASO) in the country. In Italy, the president of the regulator thinks ASO could be achieved by next year. Read more...
by Website author
The European court of justice has ruled that Italy has breached community law by giving a TV company a broadcasting licence but failing to give it a frequency allocation. Read more...
by Website author
Italy is the first European country to get a commercial DVB-H network, with Germany, Italy and Spain soon to follow. What can regulators learn from the speed of developments in these countries? Read more...