Italy’s competition watchdog said it had approved Telecom Italia’s unit FiberCop co-investment scheme aimed at boosting fiber rollout across the country, reported Reuters.
The watchdog said in a statement it had accepted commitments Telecom Italia (TIM) and co-investors Fastweb, a unit of Swisscom, Tiscali and US investment fund KKR submitted after the probe was opened in December 2020.
TIM and other FiberCop investors had agreed to comply to a raft of pledges aimed at safeguarding competition and supporting the development of the fiber infrastructure.
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