Brief: Acotel's Noverca Italia transfers 170,000 consumer customers to Telecom Italia

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12/01/2015 06:48

Jan 12 (Reuters) - Acotel SpA  ACO.MI : 
     
    * Reported on Friday that its unit Noverca Italia and 
Telecom Italia  TLIT.MI  (TIM) signed an agreement for the 
transfer to TIM of Noverca's more than 170,000 consumer 
customers 
    * The agreement allows Noverca customers, starting in 
February and ending in May 2015, to switch their mobile phone 
number to TIM with MNP, maintaining their price plans 
substantially unchanged 
    * The agreement allows Noverca to focus on its MVNA (Mobile 
Virtual Network Aggregator) business  
    * With the ending of services to its retail customers, 
scheduled for early May, Noverca will specialise in offering a 
ready-to-use service to its MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network 
Operator) customers 
    * Noverca will receive a fee that will vary according to the 
numbers and types of customer who migrate: if all customers 
migrate to TIM, the fee will total 3.9 million euros ($4.63 
million)  
     
  
 Source text for Eikon:  ID:nBIA09246  and  ID:nBIA09248  
     
 Further company coverage:  ACO.MI , TLIT.MI  
    
 
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Keywords: ACOTEL/BRIEF