Telecom Italia says that it has renewed its national roaming contract with Hutchison Whampoa's 3 Italia to provide 2G coverage for the operator. The contract is worth 280 million EUR (US$440 million) over four years. Telecom Italia and 3 Italia have also struck a new SMS interconnection deal.
In the statement, Telecom Italia said that the agreement creates value from Telecom Italia's mobile network infrastructure. It also encourages mobile market competition by offering access to 3 Italia's virtual mobile carrier partners.
3 Italia ended last year with an estimated 6.3 million subscribers.
SMS in Italy the Facts.
Italy has 9,102,933 subscribers (121% penetration) and four main networks. txtNation’s mBILL has linked up with 3, Telecom Italia Mobil (TIM), Wind, and Vodafone Omnitel, bringing your business to over 9 million mobile phone users in Italy.
Population: 57.2 million
Languages: Italian
Money: 1 euro = 100 cents
Internet domain: .it
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txtNation is an award-winning provider of billing, content and mobile messaging solutions.
Our focus on flexible solutions, intelligently supported, has made us one of the most trusted providers in the business.
Our established connections to the world's mobile network operators, and our ability to source new connections on your behalf, means we help your business at prices that fit every budget.
We have developed strong partnerships with industry to ensure our solutions are saleable, well-connected and secure.
txtNation is an established registered company owned and operated privately in the United Kingdom, with an excellent history of innovation and support for business.
You can find out more about txtNation and the services we offer at www.txtnation.com or by emailing sales@txtnation.com or calling +44 (0)1752273491.
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Thursday, 18 March 2010
Friday, 19 February 2010
txtNation nominated for STAR Award for exceptional customer support
txtNation, leaders in global premium rate billing services, are pleased to announce that they have today been nominated for the prestigious telecommunications STAR awards that focus on excellence in support, recognising high performance in the field of customer services. txtNation continues to provide a high level of support to its clients and their endusers in Italy.
The awards provide a unique opportunity for organisations to benchmark their performance alongside other organisations in their sector, give a mark of quality to their organisation as well as learning from others in their sector.
The Telecoms STAR Awards for Support Practices recognise businesses that have developed, implemented, and benchmarked the most innovative and efficient processes for service and support delivery. Companies seeking this award must pass through a rigorous assessment by a select industry committee, providing specific baseline data, a detailed description of the process, performance metrics, returns and benefits, and other information about what makes their best practice unique.
The Awards are independently evaluated using an international set of criteria designed to showcase best practice.
Michael Whelan, Director at txtNation, says ‘It’s great to see our focus on support has been recognised. It’s great not just to showcase our technologies to clients, but also equally important is support. The level of support we provide has helped many companies become more competitive and sustainable. We believe the future competitiveness of our clients business lies in providing a key point of difference, starting with solid support.’
txtNation has recently added further features to the already well established txtNation SD, Support and Development platform, which allows for online ticketing, live chat, phone and email support for clients that use the multi-award winning Premium SMS and Mobile Billing services.
The Telecom STAR Awards for Best Support winners will be announced in Las Vegas, June 16th, 2010.
About txtNation
txtNation is an outstanding multi award-winning solutions provider across sms billing, content and mobile messaging platforms. Focusing on sophisticated, ease-of-use solutions designed and supported by knowledgeable technical and customer support teams, txtNation have consistently proved itself one of the most efficient and cost effective messaging, billing and content providers in the business. txtNation’s global reach means that we can facilitate mobile messaging services and products via the SMS Gateway across North America, Europe, Australia and Africa. txtNation has developed strong partnerships with many major industry leaders to ensure our solutions are compatible, well-connected and adequately secure. txtNation have well over 7000 clients large and small on every continent who are already experiencing the outstanding advantages which txtNation has to offer. txtNation’s products and services increase customer acquisition, improve loyalty and build trusted brands and awareness through direct, personal, easy, and immediate communications.
You can find out more about txtNation, its premium SMS solutions, and Support by visiting http://www.txtnation.com/about/call, emailing sales@txtnation.com or calling +44 (0)1752273491. Latest news can be found on txtNation’s blog at http://blog.txtnation.com. Support can be found online by visiting http://sd.txtnation.com.
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The awards provide a unique opportunity for organisations to benchmark their performance alongside other organisations in their sector, give a mark of quality to their organisation as well as learning from others in their sector.
The Telecoms STAR Awards for Support Practices recognise businesses that have developed, implemented, and benchmarked the most innovative and efficient processes for service and support delivery. Companies seeking this award must pass through a rigorous assessment by a select industry committee, providing specific baseline data, a detailed description of the process, performance metrics, returns and benefits, and other information about what makes their best practice unique.
The Awards are independently evaluated using an international set of criteria designed to showcase best practice.
Michael Whelan, Director at txtNation, says ‘It’s great to see our focus on support has been recognised. It’s great not just to showcase our technologies to clients, but also equally important is support. The level of support we provide has helped many companies become more competitive and sustainable. We believe the future competitiveness of our clients business lies in providing a key point of difference, starting with solid support.’
txtNation has recently added further features to the already well established txtNation SD, Support and Development platform, which allows for online ticketing, live chat, phone and email support for clients that use the multi-award winning Premium SMS and Mobile Billing services.
The Telecom STAR Awards for Best Support winners will be announced in Las Vegas, June 16th, 2010.
About txtNation
txtNation is an outstanding multi award-winning solutions provider across sms billing, content and mobile messaging platforms. Focusing on sophisticated, ease-of-use solutions designed and supported by knowledgeable technical and customer support teams, txtNation have consistently proved itself one of the most efficient and cost effective messaging, billing and content providers in the business. txtNation’s global reach means that we can facilitate mobile messaging services and products via the SMS Gateway across North America, Europe, Australia and Africa. txtNation has developed strong partnerships with many major industry leaders to ensure our solutions are compatible, well-connected and adequately secure. txtNation have well over 7000 clients large and small on every continent who are already experiencing the outstanding advantages which txtNation has to offer. txtNation’s products and services increase customer acquisition, improve loyalty and build trusted brands and awareness through direct, personal, easy, and immediate communications.
You can find out more about txtNation, its premium SMS solutions, and Support by visiting http://www.txtnation.com/about/call, emailing sales@txtnation.com or calling +44 (0)1752273491. Latest news can be found on txtNation’s blog at http://blog.txtnation.com. Support can be found online by visiting http://sd.txtnation.com.
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Monday, 23 March 2009
txtNation's Premium SMS services in Italy
Italian mobile market is seen as extremely lucrative, but also as difficult to conquer. txtNation are pleased to be well established within this market. Coverage in Italy has proven to be extremely popular with our customers, as Michael Whelan, Co-Managing Director of txtNation explains: “Through the direct connection with the Italian network operators, we have opened up a highly interesting market for premium rate mobile services for our customers."
With 87.9 million mobile contracts, Italy is the second largest mobile market in Europe. According to the Italy Telecommunications Report the country is in the lead with an average of 1.38 mobile contracts per inhabitant.
With 87.9 million mobile contracts, Italy is the second largest mobile market in Europe. According to the Italy Telecommunications Report the country is in the lead with an average of 1.38 mobile contracts per inhabitant.
Tuesday, 9 December 2008
SMS More Popular in Italy Than Ever
Text messaging has witnessed increased popularity over the last few years and research evidence has shown that about 96 per cent of young people in Italy own a mobile phone. Furthermore, text messaging trends show high usage levels amongst the young generation: according to research over 80 per cent of the under-25s are more likely to text someone than call. The Mobile Data Association supports that more than 2.7 billion SMS are sent per month in Italy, which represents an increase of 25.5 per cent per month over last year.
SMS is one of the most popular and frequently used value-added services offered by mobile operators. Even though SMS prices have seen a steady drop in recent years, mainly due to the fact that operators have introduced the so-called 'SMS bundles', still a significant proportion of operators' revenue is generated from messaging services, predominately SMS. Most operators aim at raising their profit levels through high SMS traffic. On the consumer side, subscribers also benefit from cheaper SMS tariffs due to the mass of text messages sent out per day, an offer applying extensively to young people, who engage in frequent text messaging.
Wednesday, 3 September 2008
Italy one of Europes most lively Mobile Markets
Italy has one of Europe’s most lively mobile markets, supported by a large population keen to try new services. Italy has the third highest penetration rate in the world with a 90 - 100% penetration rate in the 12 to 50 age range. With little room for growth in terms of subscriber numbers, competition between operators turns to pricing strategies which will cause ARPU to fall by 3% year on year from $34pcm in 2005 to $32pcm in 2007.
Rising ARPU from data services and the ability of operators to distinguish themselves via data services remains the best opportunity for operators to stem falling ARPU.The market is dominated by three operators, while a fourth, 3 Italia, has struggled to make a profit or significantly expand its customer base. All four providers operate 3G networks, while investments in network upgrades have provided rich opportunities for mobile data use among consumers. Wireless penetration levels in Italy will increase from our projected 156% in 2008 to our fore casted 163% in 2010.
Learn More: http://www.m-bill.net/coverage/sms/premium/europe/italy
Rising ARPU from data services and the ability of operators to distinguish themselves via data services remains the best opportunity for operators to stem falling ARPU.The market is dominated by three operators, while a fourth, 3 Italia, has struggled to make a profit or significantly expand its customer base. All four providers operate 3G networks, while investments in network upgrades have provided rich opportunities for mobile data use among consumers. Wireless penetration levels in Italy will increase from our projected 156% in 2008 to our fore casted 163% in 2010.
Learn More: http://www.m-bill.net/coverage/sms/premium/europe/italy
Thursday, 28 August 2008
New Age SMS for Italians
Along comes a new 21st century way of writing Italian. Popularized by young people via SMS, the new spelling uses maths symbols, homonyms, numbers, and abbreviations to speed up the transfer of messages.
We're in a frenetic age now and communication often takes place not with a telephone but with a mobile phone. Whether on the street, traveling on a train or bus, or in a remote town, it seems everyone is in a hurry. Not only that but there's also a need, when creating Italian text messages, to convey a concept within a limited space, meaning youngsters save money, as each message sent is limited to 160 characters.
Traditional hand written letters have already disappeared and are out of fashion and e-mail inboxes are overflowing with spam. Nowadays mobile phones have become the preferred method for expressing sentiments and emotions. Sometimes PSMS messages are even sent between two people standing just a few feet apart from one another.
Learn More: http://www.m-bill.net/coverage/sms/premium/europe/italy
We're in a frenetic age now and communication often takes place not with a telephone but with a mobile phone. Whether on the street, traveling on a train or bus, or in a remote town, it seems everyone is in a hurry. Not only that but there's also a need, when creating Italian text messages, to convey a concept within a limited space, meaning youngsters save money, as each message sent is limited to 160 characters.
Traditional hand written letters have already disappeared and are out of fashion and e-mail inboxes are overflowing with spam. Nowadays mobile phones have become the preferred method for expressing sentiments and emotions. Sometimes PSMS messages are even sent between two people standing just a few feet apart from one another.
Learn More: http://www.m-bill.net/coverage/sms/premium/europe/italy
Wednesday, 20 August 2008
Mobile Pricechecker for Italy
Italian shoppers are now able to use their mobile phones to get cheaper prices thanks to premium SMS. Mobile phone users are able to check out prices of certain food items by sending in the name of the item that they want checked to 474947. They then receive a reply listing the wholesale and average retail prices for the item in the northern, southern and central areas of the country. Shoppers are then able to seek out the best bargains.
SMS Consumatori indexes prices from more than 2.000 stores, including big high-street chains as well as independent market traders. This enables most people to be able to hunt out a bargain as more than half the country owns a mobile phone.
Learn more: http://www.m-bill.net/coverage/sms/premium/europe/italy
SMS Consumatori indexes prices from more than 2.000 stores, including big high-street chains as well as independent market traders. This enables most people to be able to hunt out a bargain as more than half the country owns a mobile phone.
Learn more: http://www.m-bill.net/coverage/sms/premium/europe/italy
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