PosteMobile S.p.A. is an Italian

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owned by Poste Italiane S.p.A., which operates in the

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sector as

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( Full MVNO) on the

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and, since 2018, it also offers

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and

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. Since December 2016, PosteMobile is the

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of the Italian

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(LBA). The Ministry of Economic Development has assigned the operator PosteMobile five decades of the

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371 (371-1, 371-3, 371-4, 371-5, 371-6).

History

On April 5, 2007, the agreement between Poste Italiane and

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was made official which envisages the birth of PosteMobile S.p.A. It was precisely on November 15 of the same year that the company began to enter the

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sector, starting the sale of

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initially available only to postal employees. On November 26, PosteMobile launches its first public offer: after about 10 days from the launch, customers increased to reach 40,000 people. And at the end of 2007 the share of approximately 140,000. On 11 April 2008 PosteMobile launched its

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services called "Simplify" thanks to the technical support of Gemalto, later renamed SIMply BancoPosta and in 2009, precisely on 7 July, PosteMobile announced that it had reached one million customers.

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* Telecommunications in Italy Mobile phone companies of Italy Mobile virtual network operators {{Italy-company-stub