Telecom Italia unsuccessfully tried to suspend the validity of a new regulation issued by AGCOM to enforce net neutrality rules
Facebook reaches settlement to pay more than €100m taxes in Italy
The company will pay the country’s Revenue Agency (“Agenzia delle Entrate”) for the period 2010–2016
Italian competition authority fines Apple and Samsung for making devices obsolete
The Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM) has fined the two main manufacturers of devices in the world for planned obsolescence, in a world-first case
AGCOM approves new rules against illegal content online in Italy
The Italian regulator has amended the rules it had first passed in 2013 to protect copyrighted content online
Italy’s 5G auction raises €3bn after the first week
The auction of spectrum in the 700MHz, 3.7GHz, and 26GHz bands has raised €2.99bn after the second day of competitive bidding
Seven participants line up for Italy’s 5G spectrum auction in September
The Italian Ministry for Economic Development (MISE) has published the list of operators admitted to the first stage of the spectrum auction scheduled for September in the 700MHz, 3.6–3.8GHz, and 26.5–27.5GHz bands
Italian regulator AGCOM fines Amazon for not having a licence as postal operator
The Italian regulatory authority AGCOM, which oversees the postal sector as well as communications markets, has ruled a total fine of €300k to companies of the Amazon group
AGCOM states how ISPs can use of the word “fibre” in advertising broadband offers
Italian regulator AGCOM ruled on how broadband providers can communicate the type of physical infrastructure they use for their broadband offers. Fixed ISPs have to guarantee “full transparency” in both advertising and contracts
