No one Russian to identify the perpetrators

The weekend saw two massive internet outages – one was a global hack of VM servers, and the other was a problem with an Italian telco which shut down most of the country.

Stakes raised in government negotiated dea

Italy’s single broadband network operator cannot be controlled by a majority shareholder, the deputy industry minister said on Friday after Telecom Italia (TIM) said it would not accept less than 50 percent of any network.

As the lock down eases

Telecom Italia (TIM) will keep just over half of its staff working from home when Italy’s biggest phone group begins a gradual reopening of its offices across Italy next week.

Aims to revive debt riddled Italian outfit

A deal to merge Vodafone’s tower infrastructure in Italy into INWIT, the mast group 60 percent owned by Telecom Italia (TIM), will be signed by the summer.

Keeping the French out of the backbone

Telecom Italia plans to confer all of its fixed line network assets into a separate company which will be fully controlled by the group.

So where is its money coming from?

Wants to raise $5.3 billion

Credit downgrade expected

Still has not got a clue