History
Telecom Italia was created in 1994 by the merger of several telecommunications companies among which Sip, Iritel, Italcable, Telespazio and Sirm.
In 1995 the mobile telephony division was spun off into TIM (Telecom Italia Mobile). Interbusiness, Italy’s largest Internet network, was created and around the same time with TIN (Telecom Italia Net) and the first ISPs, Internet became a reality in Italy too.
In 1996 TIM was one of the first companies in the world to introduce a new prepaid rechargeable phone card (GSM) and one year later launched the short messaging service (SMS) capability.
In 1997 Telecom Italia was privatised and was transformed into a large multimedia group.
After the reorganization of editorial activities, in 2005 Telecom Italia acquired Tin.it and Virgilio from Telecom Italia Media, the multimedia company of the Group. Telecom Italia Media, born in 2003 from Seat Pagine Gialle, focused its business on television sector with La7 and MTV channels.
The Telecom Italia Group also operates in South America: in Brazil as TIM Brasil and in Argentina and Paraguay with Telecom Argentina Group.
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