PosteMobile

PosteMobile S.p.A.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryTelecommunications
FoundedNovember 26, 2007; 16 years ago (2007-11-26)
FounderPoste Italiane
Headquarters
Rome
,
Italy
Area served
Italy
Key people
Roberto Giacchi (Chairman, CEO)
ProductsMobile and fixed-line telephony
Revenue234,543,000 Euro (2017) Edit this on Wikidata
18,659,000 Euro (2017) Edit this on Wikidata
OwnersPostepay (100%)
ParentPoste Italiane
Websitewww.postemobile.it

PosteMobile is an Italian telecommunications company owned by Poste Italiane trough Postepay, which operates in the mobile telephony sector as Mobile Virtual Network Operator (Full MVNO) on the Wind network and, since 2017, it also offers fixed-line telephony and Internet services.[1]

Since December 2016, PosteMobile is the title sponsor of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).[2]

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).[3]

History

On April 5, 2007, the agreement between Poste Italiane and Vodafone was made official which envisages the birth of PosteMobile.[4] 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.[5] On November 26, PosteMobile launches its first public offer:[6] after about 10 days from the launch, customers increased to reach 40,000 people.[7] And at the end of 2007 the share of approximately 140,000.[8]

On 11 April 2008 PosteMobile launched its mobile banking services called "Simplify" thanks to the technical support of Gemalto,[9] later renamed "SIMply BancoPosta" and in 2009, precisely on 7 July, PosteMobile announced that it had reached one million customers.[10]

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.[11]

In April 2017, PosteMobile entered the world of fixed-line telephony services with the launch of the "PosteMobile Casa" offer.[12]

References

  1. ^ "La Società PosteMobile | PosteMobile". www.postemobile.it. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
  2. ^ "PosteMobile nuovo sponsor Lega Basket - Emilia-Romagna - ANSA.it". ANSA.it. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
  3. ^ "Risorse di numerazione". www.sviluppoeconomico.gov.it. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
  4. ^ "Microsoft Word - VODAFONE-POSTE ITALIANE COMUNICATO.doc" (PDF). salastampa.poste.it. Retrieved 2014-08-27.
  5. ^ mvnonews (2007-11-13). "Poste Mobile: dal 15 novembre prime sim in vendita ai dipendenti Poste Italiane" (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-06-07.
  6. ^ "Poste Italiane diventa operatore telefonico - Il Sole 24 ORE". www.ilsole24ore.com. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
  7. ^ mvnonews (2007-12-06). "Poste Mobile: 40.000 nuovi clienti in pochi giorni" (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-06-07.
  8. ^ mvnonews (2008-01-25). "PosteMobile raggiunge le 140.000 attivazioni" (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-06-07.
  9. ^ "Il telefonino si trasforma in portafoglio elettronico | PosteMobile". www.postemobile.it. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  10. ^ "Poste: PosteMobile taglia traguardo 1 milione di sim vendute | Radioc…". archive.ph. 2012-07-08. Retrieved 2022-06-07.
  11. ^ "PosteMobile e Wind: PosteMobile Full MVNO su rete Wind | PosteMobile". www.postemobile.it. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
  12. ^ "PosteMobile lancia PosteMobile Casa". www.postemobile.it. Retrieved 2017-07-11.


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