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1.2. ITALY<br />

1.2.1. Telecommunications<br />

In 2005 TLC services (figure 1.17.) recorded a 4.3% growth, a value twice as much as<br />

the increase in Gross Domestic Product (totalling 2%); once again the sector’s<br />

dynamism is confirmed, in spite of the unfavourable economic trend.<br />

The overall market value is 36.1 billion euros, which is envisaged to reach 36.8 billion<br />

(with a 2% increase) in 2006.<br />

The analysis of the two sector’s components – fixed line services (including Internet<br />

services) 1 from the one hand and those on mobile network on the other – bears out the<br />

gap which characterizes the trend of the two segments: a substantial stability for fixed<br />

services (+0.4%) and a considerable growth (+7.8%) for mobile services. Therefore, the<br />

overtaking, which took place in 2003, of fixed lines services by mobile telephony<br />

services becomes more evident. This gap is expected to grow more marked in the future.<br />

Figure 1.17. Fixed and mobile services: Italian market dynamics (revenues, €<br />

billion)<br />

Fixed network excl. OLO DC Mobile network<br />

Source: IDC, 2006 | * Forecasts<br />

The main factors which characterized the sector in 2005 are as follows:<br />

1<br />

The figure on revenues on fixed network does not include the segment of dedicated circuits (DC) resold to alternative operators<br />

(OLO).<br />

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