Iliad Italia S.p.A.
TypeS.p.A.
IndustryTelecommunications
FoundedAugust 2, 2016 (2016-08-02)
FounderXavier Niel
Headquarters
Milan
,
Italy
Area served
Italy
Key people
ProductsMobile and fixed-line telephony
OwnerIliad (100%)
SubsidiariesZefiro Net (50%)
Websitewww.iliad.it

Iliad Italia S.p.A. is an Italian telecommunications company, wholly-owned subsidiary of the French group Iliad SA[1]

In December 2022, with 9.56 million active lines,[2] it is the fourth mobile operator in Italy following Wind Tre, TIM and Vodafone.

History

Iliad Italia S.p.A. was founded in 2016 as an Italian subsidiary of the French group Iliad S.A. In 2017, in view of the launch and in compliance with the provisions of the European Commission,[3] the acquisition of the frequencies ceased by Wind Tre began following the merger of Wind and 3 Italy; as of 31 December 2017, Iliad has acquired almost 300 of the sites abandoned by Wind Tre, while the remaining will be transferred, according to the agreements, by the end of 2019.[4]

The French holding said it would invest more than €1 billion for the launch and development of the new Italian mobile operator (including those to win the new 5G frequencies in Italy) with a thousand expected hires.

On 16 January 2018 the name of the Italian administrator of Iliad Italia, Benedetto Levi, was officially announced, together with the presentation of the new logo and the institutional Website. As part of the implementation of the infrastructures required to cover the Italian territory with its own network, on 16 February 2018, an agreement was reached with the Spanish group Cellnex, which provides Iliad Italia with over 7700 cellular antennas in Italy. Finally, on 29 May 2018, the official launch of the operator took place, in conjunction with the presentation of the commercial offer and the start of the sale of SIM cards with new numbers or to carry out the number portability from other phone operators. On 18 July 2018, just under two months after its launch, Iliad Italia officially announced that it had reached one million customers between requests for portability and new subscriptions.[5] On 4 September 2018, the Iliad group releases the results of the first half of 2018, reporting the achievement – by early August – of one and a half million customers in Italy.[6][7][8] On 6 September 2018, Iliad Italia issued a press release confirming the achievement of two million customers.[9][10]

During the first semester of 2021, Iliad reached the break-even point and an EBITDA of 6 million euro, the first positive result since its foundation.[11]

On 6 March 2020 Iliad Italia obtained general authorization from the Ministry of Economic Development for the provision of the telephone service accessible to the public. On 7 July 2020, the signing of an agreement was formalized thanks to which Iliad can operate in the fixed telephony market using the Open Fiber FTTH fiber-optic access network,[12] which is accompanied by a similar agreement signed with FASTWEB on 6 October 2022.[13]

On 9 August 2021 Iliad became a partner of FiberCop, while on 25 January 2022 the FTTH fiber optic offer was officially launched, with overall speeds of up to 5 Gbps in download and 700 Mbps in upload for the areas covered by the technology EPON, and up to 2.5 Gbps in download and 500 Mbps in upload for the areas covered by GPON technology. The service is provided using the Open Fiber and FiberCop networks. The operator provides modem-routers on loan for use, called iliadboxes, designed by the company itself and based on the French freeboxes.[14]

As of January 2023, its Italian mobile network counted about 16,200 active site nodes: the network is composed by an own-network of about 9,470 sites with another 6,730 sites in non-densely populated areas via an equal joint venture – namely, Zefiro Net – between Iliad Italia and Wind Tre.[15][16]

Simbox distributions

Iliad introduced the SIMboxes in Italy, a new type of sales point, conceived and created by the French group, Aures and already in use since 2014 on the French market by Free Mobile; these are SIM card vending machines, which allow customers to register and purchase it independently.

Network

Iliad's 3G, 4G and 5G network is being implemented; however, the operator benefits from national coverage through an agreement with Wind Tre in RAN sharing (3G and 4G) and roaming (2G).

Iliad signed an agreement, respectively, with Cellnex (February 2018[17][18]) and INWIT (February 2019[19]) in order to install its antennas on their towers.

Iliad Italia is currently using, among others, CommScope telecommunications equipment[20] and is collaborating with Cisco Systems (April 2019)[21][22] and Nokia (September 2019) [23] to implement a state-of-the-art national network (IPv6) in Italy based on segment routing (SRv6) and to achieve its 5G network.

References

  1. ↑ "Informativa sul trattamento dei dati personali degli utenti della applicazione" (PDF). www.iliad.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  2. ↑ "A year of record growth" (PDF). 2023-03-16. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
  3. ↑ "Iliad lancia la sfida a Tim, Vodafone e Wind-3: "Puntiamo al 10% del mercato"". la Repubblica. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
  4. ↑ "Rete Iliad: a fine 2017 trasferiti da Wind Tre circa 300 siti. Previste sinergie di gruppo". universofree.com. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
  5. ↑ "Un milione di persone si è già unito alla #Rivoluzioneiliad" (PDF). corporate.it (in Italian). 2018-07-18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-20. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
  6. ↑ "First-half 2018 results" (PDF). iliad.fr. 2018-09-04. Retrieved 2018-09-04.
  7. ↑ "Iliad: in Italia 1,5 milioni di abbonati inizio agosto, 9 milioni di ricavi a fine giugno". Il Sole 24 Ore (in Italian). 2018-09-04. Retrieved 2018-09-04.
  8. ↑ Mila Fiordalisi (2018-09-04). "Iliad ha 1,5 milioni di clienti: "Robusto successo commerciale". Avanti tutta sugli investimenti". Corriere Comunicazioni – Corcom.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-09-04.
  9. ↑ "Due milioni di utenti in 100 giorni: iliad celebra con la nuova incredibile offerta" (PDF). corporate.iliad.it (in Italian). 2018-09-06. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-20. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
  10. ↑ Bruno Ruffilli (2018-09-06). "Iliad, due milioni di clienti e una nuova offerta con 50 GB di dati". La Stampa (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-09-06.
  11. ↑ "Iliad Italia centra il break-even: nel I semestre EBITDA positivo per 6 milioni" (in Italian). rome: Borsa Italiana. July 30, 2021 – via Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor Plus.
  12. ↑ "Iliad signs deal with Open Fiber for fixed-line services in Italy". Reuters. 2020-07-07. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
  13. ↑ Nova, Redazione Agenzia (2022-10-06). "Iliad and Fastweb sign an agreement for the supply of fiber connectivity". Agenzia Nova. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
  14. ↑ "Iliad". www.iliad.fr. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
  15. ↑ "2022 Financial Report" (PDF). 2023-03-16. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
  16. ↑ Nin, Catherine Sbeglia (2023-01-04). "Iliad, WindTre finalize joint venture to close digital divide in Italy". RCR Wireless News. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
  17. ↑ Andrea Biondi (2018-02-17). "Cellnex, in Italia accordo con Iliad". Il Sole 24 Ore (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  18. ↑ "Risultati gennaio-settembre 2018 (IFRS16) – Cellnex chiude i primi nove mesi con un aumento del 15% dei ricavi e +19% di ebitda" (PDF). cellnextelecom.com (in Italian). 2019-11-09. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  19. ↑ "Le torri INWIT ospiteranno anche le antenne Iliad". inwit.it (in Italian). 2019-02-05. Archived from the original on 2019-04-10. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  20. ↑ "Progetto di modifica di impianto tecnologico di radiotelecomunicazioni per telefonia cellulare" (PDF). mediobrenta.it (in Italian). 22 October 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  21. ↑ "Iliad Launches 5G Ready IP Network Architecture with Segment Routing IPv6 in Italy". newsroom.cisco.com. 2019-04-09. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
  22. ↑ "Iliad e Cisco insieme per l'architettura di rete IP 5G ready". Corriere Comunicazioni – Corcom.it (in Italian). 2019-04-18. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
  23. ↑ "5G: strategic agreement with European network equipment supplier Nokia" (PDF). iliad.fr. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
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