Editing TIM Group (section)

===Origins===
In 1925, the Italian phone network was reorganised by the [[Mussolini government|Benito Mussolini cabinet]] and the company [[STIPEL]] was established in the same year. The original core of Telecom Italia included four companies which operated in a specific geographical area.:<ref>{{cite web |title=Economics and politics of telecommunications |url=http://www.forumti.it/fti/downloads/Summary%20(in%20english).pdf?ref=search}}</ref> [[TIMO]], [[TE.TI.]], [[TELVE]] and [[SET (company)|SET]].

In 1964, [[Società Idroelettrica Piemontese]] (SIP), a former energy company founded in 1918, ceased producing energy and acquired all of the Italian telephone companies, becoming [[Società Italiana per l'Esercizio Telefonico]]. It was run by the [[Ministry of Economy and Finance (Italy)|Italian Ministry of Finance]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}}

SIP was a [[state monopoly]] from 1964 to 1996 and Italian people had to pay the "Canone Telecom" (a [[Fixed-line|line]] rental charge) in order to have a phone at home.