TIM Italy

ISP

Italy

Valid from 1997-01-01

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About

TIM S.p.A. is an ISP that sells fixed broadband, mobile, telephony, pay-TV, and cloud services directly to residential and business consumers nationwide under the TIM brand; former state monopoly privatized in 1997, acquired full control of Telecom Italia Mobile in 2005, launched TIMvision OTT in 2014, and remains Italy's largest retail telecom provider with ~30M mobile and ~8M fixed broadband customers in 2025 (Source), (Source).

Operator Characteristics

Retail-only ISP?

No
TIM S.p.A. is not retail-only; it currently owns infrastructure (TIM DSL/FTTC and part of TIM FTTH) (Source) (Source).
Yes (2025-10-01)
TIM S.p.A. will become retail-only after NetCo sale completion in Q4 2025, when it will no longer own network infrastructure and will operate as a retail-only service provider (Source) (Source).

Business-only ISP?

No
TIM S.p.A. is not business-only; it offers services to both residential consumers and businesses (Source), (Source).

Owns Networks

TIM Copper DSL Italy
TIM S.p.A. owns and operates its legacy copper DSL infrastructure (Source), (Source).
TIM FTTC Italy
TIM S.p.A. owns and operates its fiber-to-the-cabinet infrastructure (part-fibre) (Source), (Source).
TIM FTTH Italy
TIM S.p.A. owns and operates its fiber-to-the-home infrastructure (full-fibre), directly owned or via FiberCop (Source), (Source).

Sells Over Networks

FiberCop FTTC
TIM S.p.A. uses FiberCop FTTC network via wholesale access for part-fibre broadband services (Source), (Source).
FiberCop FTTH
TIM S.p.A. uses FiberCop FTTH network via wholesale access for full-fibre broadband services (Source), (Source).
TIM Copper DSL Italy
TIM S.p.A. uses its own TIM Copper DSL network for legacy broadband services (Source), (Source).
TIM FTTC Italy
TIM S.p.A. uses its own TIM FTTC network for part-fibre broadband services (Source), (Source).
TIM FTTH Italy
TIM S.p.A. uses its own TIM FTTH network for full-fibre broadband services (Source), (Source).