Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM)

Synopsis

Archived report: this report was archived in June 2004 and has not been updated since. Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM) is the mobile services arm of the Telecom Italia Group. It is the largest mobile operator in Europe in terms of line numbers, and it ranks first in the world by GSM customer base. It is the third largest Italian company in terms of stock market capitalisation. It specialises in value-added services, including data and e-commerce applications over developing platforms, as well as increased expansion into foreign markets, particularly Brazil. In October 2000, TIM was awarded one of five UMTS licences put up for auction by the Italian Government, to provide third generation mobile services in Italy.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Company information
  • 2.1 Company restructure
  • 2.2 Alliance with Telefónica Móviles and T-Mobile - 2003
  • 2.3 Year 2003 results
• 3. Subsidiaries
  • 3.1 South America
    • 3.1.1 TIM Brazil
    • 3.1.2 TIM Peru
    • 3.1.3 Venezuela
  • 3.2 Europe and the Mediterranean
• 4. Research and development
• 5. Operations
  • 5.1 UMTS
  • 5.2 Wireless Local Loop (WLL) licences
• 6. Services
  • 6.1 Domestic mobile
  • 6.2 Corporate services
  • 6.3 Prepaid services
  • 6.4 Data and value-added services
  • 6.5 Distribution chain
• 7. Contact details
• 8. Related reports

• Table 1 – TIM revenue – 1996 - 2003
• Table 2 – Revenue by region – 2003
• Table 3 – Major subsidiaries – December 2003
• Table 4 – Operating statistics – TIM Group – 2003
• Table 5 – Subscriber numbers in major subsidiaries – 2003

• Exhibit 1 – Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM) at a glance