TIM and Eutelsat sign deal for high speed broadband via satellite in Italy

MILAN: Telecom Italia (TIM) and French satellite company Eutelsat Communications said on Wednesday they signed an agreement to offer high-speed broadband via satellite to the most isolated areas of Italy.

TIM will purchase all of the transmission capacity for Italy on two of Eutelsat’s new high-performance satellites, the KONNECT and the KONNECT VHTS.

The phone company will launch the satellite ultrabroadband service in early 2021, in line with its goal of gradually closing the digital divide in Italy, it said in a statement.