Carrie Pawsey
Tiscali signs Italian MVNO deal
It was announced on Friday that the alternative fixed line provider and ISP Tiscali has signed an MVNO deal with Telecom Italia allowing it to launch mobile services in the Italian market. It has set itself a relatively long term launch date (by end Q2 2008) and stated that it intends to offer quad-play services. Comment: As with most MVNO deals, the details of the contract are sketchy and not in the public domain. However, what we do know is:- It is a nationwide deal, and Tiscali is also piggybacking on Telecom Italia's international roaming agreements
- Tiscali is able to offer prepaid and postpaid services
- Tiscali can target business customers and consumers. We anticipate it will initially target mobile to its existing customer base, but in the future use quad-play to attract new customers
- Tiscali has the right to set its own tariffs and commercial prices
- It plans to offer reduced on-net tariffs
- And it has hinted at introducing an FMC solution.
