Italy’s Wind Telecommunicazioni SpA has signed an agreement with France’s Auchan under which the retail chain will become a MVNO. Details on the agreement will be finalised in the next week, while Auchan will begin offering mobile phone services in the first half of 2008. Auchan operates 45 hypermarkets in Italy.
In the last year, Italy’s mobile operators have signed a series of MVNO deals. Radiocor news agency this week said Wind is also close to a deal with Atlantia SpA’s motorway unit Autostrade per l’Italia which will see Autostrade offering mobile services to customers already using its automatic Telepass system for toll payments.