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<title>EU probing phone carriers for possible collusion</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/03/14/eu.worried.top.carriers.keeping.prices.high/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1203/euflag-4.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Possible slips may have revealed the first stages of a possible European Commission investigation into the continent's top five carriers.  The FT heard from sources that Deutsche Telekom (T-Mobile), France Telecom (Orange), Telecom Italia, Telefonica (O2), and Vodafone were under scrutiny for a series of "E5" meetings on the state of the industry.  Concerns existed that they had used the discussio...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Euro carriers try again to have Apple, Facebook share costs</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/12/08/euro.providers.want.apple.more.to.pay.for.traffic/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1012/iphone4-9sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[European cellular carriers have reiterated calls for content providers like Facebook and device makers like Apple to shoulder the costs of traffic on their networks.  The CEO of Orange's parent company France Telecom, Stephane Richard, recapped his view at the LeWeb conference today that it was unfair carriers had to pay for investments to handle the load for the iPhone or a website but wasn't col...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 20:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Telefonica rumored buying Telecom Italia</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/01/22/telefonica.could.get.presence.in.italy.via.bid/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1001/palmpre-o2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Italian newspaper la Repubblica stirred talk of a shift in the phone world on Friday with a claim that Telefonica would soon place a bid for Telecom Italia (TIM).  Drawing on an online source from earlier, the daily claims Telefonica would use a holding company's share swap to take control.  It would pay a 25 to 30 percent premium to provide an incentive for the deal....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>28Mbps HSPA+ rolling out in Italy, Germany</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0902/hspa+intro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Ericsson on Wednesday announced it will partner with wireless provider Telecom Italia to bring wireless data speeds as fast as 28Mbps when downloading and 5.8Mbps when uploading thanks to HSPA+ technology. Milan will be the first Italian city to offer the fast speeds in June, with a nationwide rollout due for the second half of the year. At the same time, Telefónica O2 Germany has said it will lau...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Verizon, others commit to LiMo phones this year</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0902/lgvoyager-top.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The LiMo Foundation on Monday announced six new wireless providers have committed to release LiMo Platform based handsets in 2009. The Linux OS-based phones will become available from Verizon Wireless, NTT DoCoMo, Orange, SK Telecom, Telefonica and Vodafone sometime in 2009. The open-source Linux operating system in the devices will be based on the latest version of the LiMo Platform....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Italian iPhone suffering lack of interest?</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0807/tim-milan.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Italian interest in the iPhone 3G may be unusually low, early reports suggest.  Although some 29 Telecom Italia stores are expected to begin selling the 3G within hours, at midnight local time on July 10th, a key TIM store in downtown Milan is said to have no lineups to speak of.  Similarly, two Roman stores, including one on Via del Corso, are also said to be missing any lines.  This contrasts wi...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Italians get home iPhone activations, third carrier</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/07/07/italian.home.activations/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0806/iphone3g-white.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Italian iPhone customers will supposedly enjoy the leisure of activating their iPhone from the comforts of their own home, while a third company ñ 3 Italy ñ announced it would also sell the iPhone, come September. Macity writes that both Telecom Italia and Vodafone will not be able to activate the iPhone 3G at the store, and will instead take both the device and SIM card home to perform the activa...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Telecom Italia lists iPhone 3G contracts</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/07/07/tim.iphone.3g.contracts/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0806/iphone3g-3.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Having already announced its pre-paid plans, Telecom Italia has published the official subscription options for the iPhone 3G.  The cheapest subscription, Starter, costs ä30 per month and provides 1GB of data, but still requires customers to pay per minute or text message.  The 250 plan (ä50) upgrades to 250 minutes and 100 texts, while the 600 plan (ä80) offers 600 minutes and 200 texts....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Telecom Italia iPhone plans leaked?  </title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/06/26/tim.iphone.plans.leaked/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0806/iphone3g-white.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Telecom Italia's planned iPhone contracts have been leaked, an Italian site claims.  A new memo, allegedly circulated amongst sales managers at TIM, suggests that there will be four two-year contract options beginning with the Starter, which costs ä29 per month but does not have any voice or SMS messages included, and instead charges 15 cents per minute or text.  More conventional plans begin with...]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/06/26/tim.iphone.plans.leaked/</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>TIM details iPhone costs; Vodafone plans leaked?</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/06/24/tim.reveals.iphone.costs/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0806/iphone3g-3.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Telecom Italia has announced some preliminary details on its two-year subscription prices for the iPhone 3G, reports say.  While it has yet not disclosed the monthly cost of each plan, the iPhone itself should cost approximately ä199 with an entry-level subscription; in a scheme similar to that of O2 in the UK, subscribers to high-end plans will receive the phone for free.  Controversially, TIM wi...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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