PosteMobile
{{Short description|Telephone operator of Italian Post}}
{{Infobox company
| name = PosteMobile S.p.A.
| logo =
| image = Telefono poste mobile.jpg
| net_income =
| net_income_year =
| owners = Postepay (100%)
| parent = Poste Italiane
| foundation = {{Start date and age|2007|11|26}}
| founder = Poste Italiane
| location =
| hq_location_city = Rome
| hq_location_country = Italy
| area_served = Italy
| key_people = Roberto Giacchi (Chairman, CEO)
| products = Mobile and fixed-line telephony
| revenue =
| revenue_year =
| image_caption = Handset telephone with PosteMobile SIM
| type = Subsidiary
| industry = Telecommunications
| homepage = {{URL|www.postemobile.it}}
}}
PosteMobile is an Italian telecommunications company owned by Poste Italiane through Postepay, which operates in the mobile telephony sector as Mobile Virtual Network Operator (Full MVNO) on the Vodafone network and, since 2017, it also offers fixed-line telephony and Internet services.{{Cite web |date= |title=La Società PosteMobile {{!}} PosteMobile |url=https://www.postemobile.it/chi-siamo/la-societa |access-date=2017-07-11 |website=www.postemobile.it}}
Since December 2016, PosteMobile is the title sponsor of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).{{Cite web |date= 16 December 2016|title=PosteMobile nuovo sponsor Lega Basket - Emilia-Romagna - ANSA.it |url=http://www.ansa.it/emiliaromagna/notizie/2016/12/16/postemobile-nuovo-sponsor-lega-basket_023462b2-a800-4248-9ab2-7894df7bd61e.html |access-date=2016-12-19 |website=ANSA.it}}
The Ministry of Economic Development has assigned the operator PosteMobile five decades of the prefix 371 (371-1, 371–3, 371–4, 371–5, 371–6).{{Cite web |date= |title=Risorse di numerazione |url=https://www.sviluppoeconomico.gov.it/index.php/it/comunicazioni/telefonia/risorse-di-numerazione |access-date=2017-06-29 |website=www.sviluppoeconomico.gov.it}}
History
On April 5, 2007, the agreement between Poste Italiane and Vodafone was made official which envisages the birth of PosteMobile.{{Cite web |date= |title=Microsoft Word - VODAFONE-POSTE ITALIANE COMUNICATO.doc |url=http://salastampa.poste.it/uploaded_files/comunicato/050407_comvodafone.pdf |access-date=2014-08-27 |website=salastampa.poste.it |format=PDF}} It was precisely on November 15 of the same year that the company began to enter the mobile telephony sector, starting the sale of SIM cards initially available only to postal employees.{{Cite web |last=mvnonews |date=2007-11-13 |title=Poste Mobile: dal 15 novembre prime sim in vendita ai dipendenti Poste Italiane |url=https://www.mvnonews.com/2007/11/13/poste-mobile-dal-15-novembre-prime-sim-in-vendita-ai-dipendenti-poste-italiane/ |access-date=2022-06-07 |language=it-IT}} On November 26, PosteMobile launches its first public offer:{{Cite web |date= |title=Poste Italiane diventa operatore telefonico - Il Sole 24 ORE |url=http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/SoleOnLine4/Tecnologia%20e%20Business/2007/11/poste-mobile.shtml |access-date=2007-11-29 |website=www.ilsole24ore.com}} after about 10 days from the launch, customers increased to reach 40,000 people.{{Cite web |last=mvnonews |date=2007-12-06 |title=Poste Mobile: 40.000 nuovi clienti in pochi giorni |url=https://www.mvnonews.com/2007/12/06/poste-mobile-40000-nuovi-clienti-in-pochi-giorni/ |access-date=2022-06-07 |language=it-IT}} And at the end of 2007 the share of approximately 140,000.{{Cite web |last=mvnonews |date=2008-01-25 |title=PosteMobile raggiunge le 140.000 attivazioni |url=https://www.mvnonews.com/2008/01/25/postemobile-raggiunge-le-140000-attivazioni/ |access-date=2022-06-07 |language=it-IT}}
On 11 April 2008 PosteMobile launched its mobile banking services called "SIMplify" thanks to the technical support of Gemalto,{{Cite web |date= |title=Il telefonino si trasforma in portafoglio elettronico {{!}} PosteMobile |url=http://www.postemobile.it/sala-stampa/comunicati-stampa/il-telefonino-si-trasforma-in-portafoglio-elettronico |access-date=2014-07-24 |website=www.postemobile.it}} later renamed "SIMply BancoPosta" and in 2009, precisely on 3 July, PosteMobile announced that it had reached one million customers.{{Cite web |date= |title=Poste Italiane |url=http://salastampa.poste.it/news.php?news_id=186 |access-date=2009-07-24 |website=salastampa.poste.it}}
On 1 April 2011, Poste Italiane conferred on PosteMobile the "Rete TLC Fissa" business branch which manages the entire geographical network of post offices and operational and administrative offices of Poste Italiane.
In 2013, PosteMobile changed its network operator, relying on the Wind network.{{Cite web |date= |title=PosteMobile e Wind: PosteMobile Full MVNO su rete Wind {{!}} PosteMobile |url=http://www.postemobile.it/sala-stampa/comunicati-stampa/postemobile-wind |access-date=2014-07-21 |website=www.postemobile.it}}
In April 2017, PosteMobile entered the world of fixed-line telephony services with the launch of the "PosteMobile Casa" offer.{{Cite web |date= |title=PosteMobile lancia PosteMobile Casa |url=https://www.postemobile.it/sala-stampa/comunicati-stampa/postemobile-casa |access-date=2017-07-11 |website=www.postemobile.it}}
Since 2021 PosteMobile returns to operate on the Vodafone network.{{Cite web |date=2021-02-04 |title=PosteMobile passa alla rete Vodafone: ecco da quando |url=https://tech.everyeye.it/notizie/postemobile-passa-rete-vodafone-quando-497317.html |access-date=2021-05-18 |website=Everyeye Tech |language=it}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|}}
{{Italian mobile phone companies}}
Category:Telecommunications in Italy
Category:Mobile phone companies of Italy
Category:Mobile virtual network operators
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