2G: up to EDGE is on 900, 1800 MHz spectrum is being reused for LTE.It's also fully covered by Italian antennas instead.
The tiny country of San Marino used to sell own SIM cards by San Marino Telecom under the Prima brand, but has stopped this now.
The city-state of the Vatican doesn't have own operators and is fully covered by Italian operators instead. Italy is the most competitive market in Western Europe right now. Major MVNOs like CoopVoce, PosteMobile, FastWeb, Lycamobile, Tiscali, NoiTel, ho mobile, Kena mobile, and Digi Mobil are listed. In recent years MVNOs have started up competing with the network providers on their networks. FastWeb (5G only, 2-4G roaming on WindTre) starting in cities on n78 (3500 MHz).The other providers reacted by lowering prices and launching new budget brands.įor 5G a fifth provider acquired spectrum and is building it up in cities: In Italy it launched in May 2018 with predatory pricing starting a price war. This new player comes from French Iliad Group that shook the French market some years ago with its brand Free mobile. Both brands have been maintained until in March 2020 the new W3 (spoken: WindTre) brand was introduced.īoth merging operators had to hand over spectrum to a new market entrant to get this deal approved. This deal was approved by regulatory bodies in 2016.Wind and Tre are merging to one network WindTre in 2017-20. The parent companies Vimpelcom and CK Hutchison of Wind and Tre (3) agreed to a merger in 2015. Iliad (launched in 2018) 4G and 5G only, 2G/3G in roaming with W3.W3 (WINDTRE) (merger of Wind and 3) 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G.There are four network providers currently operating in Italy, with one merger and one new entrant scheduled: 2.5 TIM international - for foreigners only.
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