Wind or Wind Telecomunicazioni SpA was established in 1997 and is an Italian telecom operator which offers integrated fixed, mobile and Internet services.
Vodafone Italia is an Italian mobile telephony operator. The company has 29,151,000 customers, as of 30 September 2007 and a market share of 33.4%, placing it just behind TIM. Vodafone Italia is an owned subsidiary of Vodafone Group plc (76.86%) & Verizon (23.14%), and like other European operators, uses GSM technology; it is presently rolling out an UMTS network.
The TIM brand is no longer just Italian, being recognised in Europe, the Mediterranean basin and in South America. Infact TIM has become the major strength of the international presence of the Telecom Italia Group in the world with almost 54 million mobile phone lines of wich 26 million in Italy.
At Sure Mobile our aim is to deliver More Choice, Better Quality and Value for Money to the Manx people. Sure is a fresh, innovative brand from Cable & Wireless designed to provide communications services in a simple and customer- friendly way. Sure believes that customer service is just as important as developing new technology and we continue to invest to provide the very best in the Isle of Man. We are currently investing over £40m to revolutionise communication services in the Isle of Man alongside Jersey and Guernsey.
The company was formed in 1987 as part of British Telecom, and has been chaired by politician Walter Gibley since its inception. In June 2001, Manx Telecom became part of mmO2 following the demerger of BT Wireless's operations from BT Group. Manx Telecom includes two divisions: Manx Pronto the mobile division, and the fixed line assets which were the first landline operations of Telefónica O2. To that end, Manx Telecom has since invested over £50 million in telecommunications infrastructure on the island, and is committed to a further £30 million investment over the next three years.
Tesco Mobile is Ireland’s newest and most exciting mobile phone network – brought to you by TESCO, the brand you already know and trust to bring you outstanding value and great service. Tesco hasn’t built its own mobile Network – we left that to the experts! We’ve teamed up with O2, Ireland’s second largest mobile network, and will be using their mobile network to bring you great quality network coverage – with 99.6% of the population and 95% of the country covered.
eircom is the leading provider of fixed-line telecommunications services in Ireland and has a 69% revenue market share of the Irish fixed-line market.* As the incumbent fixed-line telecommunications provider, eircom has the most extensive fixed-line telecommunications network in Ireland in terms of both capacity and geographic reach. The company has over 1.2 million customers and provides a comprehensive range of advanced voice, data and internet services to the residential, business and enterprise markets.
3 is Ireland's newest mobile phone network. It was awarded a 3G mobile phone licence in Ireland in June 2002 and has recently launched its services to consumers. 3 is a young business, challenging the existing market and its practices. We have created a new global network, with new rules that have changed the whole mobile proposition. Our video mobile (3G) network means that we can offer a range of exciting new mobile services.
Meteor Mobile Communications was established in 2001 having been awarded Ireland's 3rd mobile licence. Meteor Mobile Communications is a wholly owned subsidiary of eircom Group plc. As an Irish mobile communications provider, Meteor aims to bring real competition, and its benefits, to the Irish mobile market. Meteor has enjoyed unprecedented growth in recent years and now has 972,000 customers and over 18% market share (January 08).
O2 are a leading provider of mobile services, offering communications solutions to customers and corporates in Ireland and the UK. We also have integrated fixed / mobile businesses in Germany, the Czech Republic (Telefónica O2 Czech Republic) and the Isle of Man (Manx Telecom).
