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The Autorità per le garanzie nelle comunicazioni (the Italian National Communications Authority - AGCOM) has published a number of press releases and official statements stating the conditions that the media need to follow in order to preserve media pluralism. Italy is currently in the throes of elections, as the provincial and municipal elections were held on the 15 and 16 of May, while a Referendum on four matters will also take place on the 12 and 13 of June. AGCOM recalls that equal treatment (par condicio) is mandatory in the run-up to an election. This applies to TV, radio and newspapers...

A recent decision of the Court of Rome established for the first time liability for contributory infringement for search engines that do not take an active role in combating online piracy. The Ninth Section of the Court of Rome accused Yahoo! of cooperation with (or failure to combat) online piracy. For ignoring the letter of formal notice from the copyright holders of the Iranian film “About Elly”, Yahoo! Italy was found to have become an accessory in the spreading of pirated links. The compatibility of this decision with the EU’s E-Commerce Directive’s provisions on the non-responsibility of...

On 23 March 2011 The Italian telecoms regulator, Agcom, launched a consultation on the allocation of wireless frequencies in the 800, 1800, 2000 and 2600MHz bands, and re-farming of the 900, 1800 and 2100MHz bands. The aim of the consultation is to verify the need for limitation of access to those bands and to determine the competence of the authority in its regulatory role. The consultation is open for 30 days.

On 24 March 2011, AGCOM launched a public consultation on the deliberations of the authority that lays down the procedure for assigning the frequencies of the digital television dividend and for the other frequencies available for broadband mobile systems. This also includes the rules that ensure efficiency and conditions for competition in the use of radio spectrum. The deliberation proposes rules that are beneficial for the whole mobile electronic communications sector. It sets out the conditions for the entry of new competitors into the mobile market, including the best conditions possible for...

Net neutrality, and Peer-to-Peer and VoIP are priorities for the Italian authority, as stated in a recent press release. The first public consultation will be on the results of a survey into consumer protection and competition protection relating to the VOIP and Peer-to-Peer mobile services. After approval of the final version the public consultation was launched. The study of VOIP and P2P had the aim of analysing the new challenges of the mobile sector from a broad perspective, the changes in the market, the legal and economic aspects, and the technical implications. The purpose was to receive...