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Swisscom buys Vodafone Italia

In my opinion the root of the problems in the UK is the regulator and the regulatory regime.

In recent years these agencies have had their funding reduced and are effectively hamstrung whilst their regulatory burden increased. And our sense of fair play and needing to have a high bar of evidence before enforcement or legal action is started in the UK means that the regulators are reticent to take action until they have all the I dotted and t's croased
 
Well yes...
I am Italian and I have known and used Vodafone since 1999 when it was called omnitel.
It was probably the best performing network in Italy with equally probably the best customer service.
but the arrival of low-cost telephone companies reduced its earnings, thus forcing it to sell.
The unification with fastweb, another swisscom company, is scheduled for May/June 2025.
I currently have a Vodafone sim which performs very well as you can see from the speedtest and I hope it continues like this
Wish UK cash cows had half those speeds available as a routine offering !
 
Wish UK cash cows had half those speeds available as a routine offering !
Indeed, mobile phone offers in Italy are very good, my Vodafone Bronze Plus offer unofficially offers 300 GB in 5G for €10 a month.
and there are dozens and dozens of smaller providers.
Regarding the speed of the connection, it is very uneven across the territory, I am lucky to have a n78 cell in a rural area that does not suffer from saturation.
 
Indeed, mobile phone offers in Italy are very good, my Vodafone Bronze Plus offer unofficially offers 300 GB in 5G for €10 a month.
and there are dozens and dozens of smaller providers.
Regarding the speed of the connection, it is very uneven across the territory, I am lucky to have a n78 cell in a rural area that does not suffer from saturation.
Wow. Thats a super deal, man ! 300GB at 5G for 10 Euros is mind boggling.
 
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And it also proves competition is good for the consumers, if our CMA ever needed more adequate proof of this Italian example.
This !

when there were only three companies, prices were high, GB few and the services offered were poor.
now with dozens and dozens of providers the competition between them is high and consumers benefit from it.
 
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