CORONAVIRUS: FREE DIGITAL SERVICES, INCLUDING FILMS, GIGA AND MAGAZINES
The Government has been very clear regarding the issues related to the Coronavirus: we must not leave the house, except for reasons of primary necessity (you can find all the details on the official website of the Ministry of Health ). Put simply, a little "effort" is required of all of us, in order to resolve the situation as quickly as possible. From this context came an incredibly positive response from companies, which are providing countless services to citizens for free.
There is really everything, from video streaming services to
smart working tools, through magazines, e-books and much more. The main
possibilities are listed directly on the official website of Digital
Solidarity, an initiative of the MID (Minister for technological innovation and
digitization) and of the AgID (Agency for digital Italy), but there are also
other companies that have decided to make their contribution outside the pages
of the aforementioned portal .
Let's go, therefore, to take stock of the situation on the
digital services available for free and on how to access them.
Information and entertainment
• La Repubblica subscription . 25,000 free subscriptions are
available. SPID is required;
• La Stampa subscription . 25,000 free subscriptions are
available. SPID is required;
• ilmanifesto.it free for all . The paywall has been removed
from the official website . More details on the Digital Solidarity portal;
• Mondadori Group season tickets . 50,000 free subscriptions
to Mondadori Group magazines are available (CasaFacile, Chi, Donna Moderna,
Focus, Focus Junior, Focus Storia, GialloZafferano, Grazia, Icon, Icon Design
and Tv Sorrisi e Canzoni). SPID is required;
• Subscriptions L'Automobile. Monthly published by ACI
Automobile Club of Italy. Find the details for activation on the Digital
Solidarity website;
• Mondadori Group: an e-book of your choice . 10,000 free
e-books are available. SPID is required;
• Il Saggiatore: an e-book as a gift every two days . All
the details on the official website ;
• Free quarterly subscription to the weekly magazine Film Tv
. More details on the Digital Solidarity website;
• A free e-book from Youcanprint . More details on the
Digital Solidarity website;
• Coronavirus Info-Chat. Free chatbot that follows the
guidelines of the Ministry of Health to help doctors and patients understand
what to do in case of suspicious symptoms of New Coronavirus. More details on
the Digital Solidarity portal;
• New Ecology and Qualenergia magazines for free . More
details on the Digital Solidarity website;
• A free ebook from Bertoni Editore . " Anyone can
choose a title from the website and send an email to j.bertoni@outlook.it with
written: name, surname and title chosen. The book will be sent in digital
format (pdf or ebook) ";
• Infinity free for two months . You have to register
through the official website(after an initial phase in which it was not clear,
this possibility is now officially part of the Digital Solidarity initiative);
• TIMVISION free until April 15th . An official page has
been published (at the moment it does not appear on the Digital Solidarity
website);
• Free Smart Tales subscription for three months . These are
interactive and animated books created by educators who teach STEM subjects.
Just download the app from the Android Play Store or the Apple App Store (find
the links on the official website ) and enter the code ST2020IT;
• MyMovies, 50 free "screenings", 5 premieres .
More details for activation in this news;
• The latest issue of Hystrio magazine is free . The PDF can
be downloaded from the official website ;
• Lions Spoken Book Service . 10,000 audio books available
for download and listening for people with physical-sensory disabilities. More
details on the Digital Solidarity website;
• Free digital copies of Condé Nast magazines for three
months . These are Vanity Fair, Vogue, Wired, GQ, La Cucina Italiana, AD and
Traveler. More details on the Digital Solidarity website;
• Amazon Prime Video : a selection of family content has
been made free. More details in this news ;
•RaiPlay without login . Credentials are no longer required
to access on-demand content (it is not part of the Digital Solidarity
initiative, but has been announced by Rai);
• DPlay Plus free for one month . On demand streaming
service with various contents, including some Discovery channels. The
initiative can be accessed via the official website (it is not part of the
Digital Solidarity initiative, note that a 4 euro check on your card could be
carried out to check for any problems);
• The Film Club : 100 free movies . You can register via the
official website(not part of the Digital Solidarity initiative);
• Free health newsletter di Dire . Access reserved for
insiders from local, print and web newspapers.
If you are interest in video streaming services , we have
created an in-depth study that explains step by step how to take advantage of
these possibilities for free .
Connectivity and services
• TIM : Unlimited Giga from mobile for one month for all
customers with an active data bundle. Unlimited calls from landline until the
end of April for all customers who do not have calls included. The Giga can be
activated through the official website . For landline calls, call 187 and activate
the promotion;
• Vodafone : Unlimited free gigs for one month for students
aged 14 to 26. It is activated by calling 42100 and automatically deactivated
after one month;
• Register.it gives away a domain for one year . An official
website has been opened ;
• TIM :100 Giga free for 30 days for Business customers .
More details on the Digital Solidarity website;
• COOPVoce : 100 Giga as a gift for 30 days . More details
for activation in this news ;
• Free rides Helbiz vehicles . 25,000 free 20-minute rides
available, valid until April 4 in the cities of Milan, Turin, Rome and Verona.
More details on the Digital Solidarity website;
• Wind Tre : an additional 100 Giga for all rechargeable
voice mobile customers who will be contacted via SMS starting from the second
half of March;
• Free smart working and e-learning servicesfor companies
and professionals: Webex (Connexia), Joinconference, Cisco Webex, Microsoft,
Sygma Connect, G Suite, TIM WeSchool, Treccani Scuola, Teach Corner, Hunters
Group (job posting), WeTurtle, IP PBX, Cloud telephone switchboard and platform
Webmeeting, Realtime Marketing, DKTS (Italian course for foreigners), bonus 10
euro repetitions Skuola.net, 1to1 Progress, Avaya Spaces, Smart Team Support,
Smart Working Training, Kiber 3 Field, Valarea, ShellRent, Digital360, Docety,
Cassiopea Rome, Samsung Education (for all the details on activation, see the
website of the Digital Solidarity initiative ), Coursera (outside Solidarity
Digital, all the details on the official website );
• Vodafone: one month of unlimited use of the data
connection on all voice SIMs for companies, VAT numbers and Italian
institutions . Automatic activation via SMS;
• Wind Tre Business : unlimited minutes and Giga for
Business customers who will be contacted via SMS ;
• Fastweb : from the second half of March a total of one
million free Giga will be given away , which will be shared by all users
nationwide. Activation will be automatic: the data ceiling will stop and you
will be able to use the shared Giga;
• Iliad : 10 Gigaand unlimited calls to landlines in more
than 60 international destinations to mobile phones in Canada and the USA.
Valid for users who have subscribed to the Voice offer until 11/03/2020.
Activation is automatic: the users involved will be contacted via SMS;
• Amazon offers free webinars for teachers (primary and
lower secondary school). Duration of an hour and a half on STEM subjects. Find
more information for participation on the Digital Solidarity website;
• Free 1GB Pec Mail free for one year . It can be activated
from 9 to 30 March 2020 via the official website ;
• Avira offers 3 months of Premium for free . More details
on theofficial site ;
• PagoPA, software for online payments, free for 3 months
for the Public Administration. More details on the Digital Solidarity portal;
• PEC Legalmail 8GB free for all 2020 . It can be activated
until April 3, 2020 through the official website ;
• ShippyPro free for three months . It is a complete
shipping platform for e-commerce companies. You can create a free account via
the official website ;
• Eat Italy Food free for three months . B2C and B2B service
aimed at food and wine producers;
•Free deliverart for restaurateurs in difficulty during this
period . It is a software for the optimized management of home deliveries. More
details on the official website ;
• CLICKDOCK Free teleconsultation for the whole emergency
period. Software solution intended for doctors and other healthcare
professionals. More details on the Digital Solidarity website;
• Amazon Web Services : Offers cloud computing and support
services . An official form has been made available .
On the official portal of the initiative, we read: "
Due to the great response to the digital solidarity initiativeand the hundreds
of offers that are arriving in these hours, the investigation and publication
could take a few days. Sorry for the wait.
Beware of jackals . Leveraging on the coronavirus emergency,
e-mails and PECs are circulating promoting products with dubious functionality,
sometimes real malware. Extra security measures and more attention to scams
need to be taken. Read how . ”