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Fastweb to launch 5G in 4 cities and hike FTTH speeds to 2.5 Gbps
2020-12-15 15:06:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Italian operator Fastweb has followed the launch of its 'UltraFWA' service in partnership with Linkem by unveiling plans to activate 5G in an initial four cities before the end of the year and increase the top speed of its existing FTTH service to 2.5 Gbps in the coming months. The company already leads Italy's fixed gigabit market with a 36.5 percent share of FTTH subscribers surfing at 1 Gbps speeds. It now intends to upgrade its proprietary network in 30 large cities so that it can hike top speeds from 1 Gbps to 2.5 Gbps at no additional cost in around 4 million homes, covering 15 percent of Italy's population, starting in February 2021.
Italy inches closer to Huawei ban with veto over Fastweb deal
2020-10-26 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Sources suggest that the Italian government has blocked telco Fastweb from signing a deal with Huawei regarding 5G core network equipment. One anonymous source said that Fastweb was overly reliant on the company and had been asked to “diversify its suppliers”. Italy has been a hot topic for Huawei recently…read more on TotalTele.com »
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Fastweb and Linkem back 5G FWA to bridge digital divide
2020-08-05 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Fixed wireless access (FWA) is increasingly becoming a useful weapon in an operator’s arsenal when it comes to bridging the digital divide. Cheap and easy to deploy by the customer themselves, with no need for disruptive fibre to the property itself, FWA is an attractive option for some of the harder to reach areas in any country, particularly now that the technology has advanced to be able to provide a service comparable to fibre…read more on TotalTele.com »
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TIM, Wind Tre, Vodafone and Fastweb fined EUR 228 mln over 28-day billing collusion
2020-02-03 09:27:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Italy's antitrust and competition authority AGCM has fined the operators Telecom Italia (TIM), Wind Tre, Vodafone Italia and Fastweb a total of EUR 228 million following a probe into possible collusion over their controversial 28-day billing practices. The operators were accused of infringing competition rules by collectively agreeing to raise their prices after introducing 28-day billing in 2017, effectively resulting in a 13th monthly bill every year.
Fastweb authorised to become Italy's fifth mobile network operator
2019-07-31 09:26:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Fastweb announced that it has effectively become Italy's fifth mobile network operator alongside TIM, Vodafone, Wind Tre and Iliad after receiving the corresponding official authorisation from the country's Ministry of Economic Development (MISE). The high-speed broadband provider set off on the path to convert from an MVNO to an MNO around three years ago when it agreed to use spectrum owned by Sardinia-based Tiscali in urban areas, subsequently reaching a deal to acquire 40 MHz of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band from Tiscali as well as a 200 MHz block in the 26 GHz band in the national 5G spectrum tender held in October 2018.
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