The Italian company which nearly bought Apple is in trouble
Published in Network


I am an enchanter people call me TIM 

The Italian telco which once nearly bought Apple is running aground.

Servers down in Nato countries
Published in News
Monday, 06 February 2023 10:56

Servers down in Nato countries


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.

TIM bans Huawei from 5G core equipment tender in Italy, Brazil
Published in News


TIM has piles of cash and can afford to pay more not to use Huawei

Cash-strapped telco TIM, which proudly announced it was only 24.3 billion euro in debt last year, apparently now feels it is so flush with cash it can afford to give Huawei the bum's rush.

TIM claims its network will magically hold
Published in News
Wednesday, 25 March 2020 11:13

TIM claims its network will magically hold


We have a the rubber bands and sticking tape in place

Italy’s under-resourced internet is taking a battering from millions of Italians working from home, and there is some concern that smoke will start pouring out of the back and dangerous-looking steam appearing from under the bonnet.

TIM to spin off data centre operations
Published in Cloud
Monday, 11 November 2019 10:55

TIM to spin off data centre operations


Looking for an investor

Telecom Italia (TIM) plans to spin off its data centre operations and look for an investor ahead of a potential market listing, after announcing a partnership with Google to develop its cloud business.

Telecom Italia cuts debt
Published in Network
Friday, 08 November 2019 12:39

Telecom Italia cuts debt


Wants a hand with its Open Fibre plans

Telecom Italia has made progress in cutting its debt burden as it presses ahead with plans to find an investment partner to help it fund a potential tie-up with smaller rival Open Fiber.

Qualcomm scores 18 operators for 5G NR in 2019
Published in Mobiles
Tuesday, 27 February 2018 12:19

Qualcomm scores 18 operators for 5G NR in 2019


20 OEM designs on X50

Qualcomm just announced the number of OEMs making X50 based phones at a Mobile World Congress 2018 press conference.

Tim Cook slams rivals over privacy
Published in News
Wednesday, 03 June 2015 12:47

Tim Cook slams rivals over privacy


We would never spy on our users

Apple CEO Tim Cook has slammed his Silicon Valley chums of selling out their users and customers to the NSA and advertisers.