Italy (country regulation overview)

Table of Contents

• Overview
• Fixed market overview
• Mobile market overview
• Broadband market overview
• Next-generation access and network
• National regulatory authority
• Key legislation and regulation
• 3G licences
• WiMAX licences
• Retail regulation
• The retail market
• Retail access market
• Wholesale line rental (WLR)
• Local and national retail calls
• Price caps on fixed retail and fixed-to-mobile retention
• Retail international markets
• Retail leased lines
• Wholesale fixed regulation
• Narrowband voice interconnection
• Services subject to regulation
• Cost model for RIO
• Procedure for setting and reviewing charges
• Network cap
• Wholesale access
• Local loop unbundling (LLU)
• Fixed termination charges
• Wholesale broadband services
• Bitstream access
• Network separation
• Wholesale mobile regulation
• Services subject to regulation
• Mobile number portability
• Mobile termination charges
• Competition cases
• TI and Wind are fined by Italian competition authority
• Universal service
• Universal service fund
• Appendix
• The EC' s market definitions

List of Tables

• Table 1: Award of 3G licences in Italy
• Table 2: Multiple regional areas: blocks A and B
• Table 3: WiMAX licences: value and beneficiary companies
• Table 4: Retail price regulation applied to TI (residential services only)
• Table 5: Fixed sector: services subject to regulation
• Table 6: Price caps applying to fixed wholesale markets
• Table 7: Fixed termination call price caps and glidepath (€ cents/min)
• Table 8: Mobile sector: services subject to regulation
• Table 9: MTR glidepath for mobile operators in Italy (€ cents/min)
• Table 10: The EC' s definition of seven markets to be analysed