What are the main activities of Telecom Italia?
The Telecom Italia Group operates in all the sectors of the advanced communications chain, with highly developed business in fixed-mobile communications and the Internet with the brands Telecom Italia, TIM and Virgilio; multimedia and television (La7, MTV Italia); in the office & system solutions (Olivetti); in research and development (Telecom Italia Lab). It is present mainly in Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and South America. At September 30, 2010, the Telecom Italia Group is one of the largest fixed telecommunications operators, with almost 15.6 mln physical accesses in Italy and a broadband portfolio equal to 9 mln accesses (over 7.2 mln retail and 1.8 mln wholesale). The Group has also over 30.6 million mobile telephone lines. Abroad, TIM Brasil is one of the largest operators by number of mobile lines (46.9 mln), providing mobile telephone and convergent services. In Argentina, the Group has recently (October 2010) increased his indirect stake in Telecom Argentina S.A. through
