Italy

The European Investment Bank is mulling an application by Italian broadband operator Fastweb to obtain a loan of EUR300mn (US$390.17mn), according to local media reports.

Egyptian tycoon, Naguib Sawiris, has made a proposal to buy a stake in Italian incumbent operator Telecom Italia, reportedly of up to EUR3-4bn. It is believed that Sawiris wants the... 2012-11-13

Italian communications towers business EI Towers has reported robust financial growth for the first nine months of 2012, despite the weak domestic economy and delays in making additional... 2012-11-02

Russia's Vimpel Communications (VimpelCom) is planning to sell some of its underperforming operations in Africa and Asia as part of an initiative to reduce its debt pile and allow it... 2012-10-30

The third largest mobile operator in Italy by subscriptions, Wind, has called for its competitors to pool frequencies and antennas for 4G LTE services to boost the rollout of network... 2012-10-08

Mobile operators Vodafone and Hutchison 3G Ireland (3) have reportedly agreed to pool their telecommunications networks in an equally owned joint venture. The operators are under pressure... 2012-07-04

France's Hi-Media Payments has formed a partnership with MobilePay, the micropayments platform built by the six largest Italian mobile operators - Fastweb, Poste Mobile, Telecom Italia... 2012-05-16