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Telecom Italia
Swisscom’s Fastweb to sell FiberCop stake to KKR for €439m
Swisscom’s Italian service provider Fastweb will sell its stake in FiberCop to the US-based investment…
TIM CEO stays on as Vivendi abstains from shareholder vote
Telecom Italia (TIM) CEO Pietro Labriola has held on to his seat, with another three-year…
TIM and DAZN reportedly renew Serie A broadcasting agreement
Telecom Italia (TIM) has reportedly signed a renewed agreement with sports streaming giant DAZN to…
Telecom Italia to bundle Amazon Prime in TV packages
Telecom Italia (TIM) has expanded its content distribution deal with Amazon, meaning the TimVision service…
TIM launches NetCo division following sale to KKR
Telecom Italia (TIM) has launched NetCo, the business unit that will be contributed to FiberCop…
Vivendi reacts with fury to TIM network sale to KKR
Vivendi has reacted furiously to Telecom Italia’s (TIM) board’s decision to accept an offer from…
KKR asks TIM to extend deadline for NetCo bid
The US-based private equity investor KKR has requested Telecom Italia (TIM) to extend the September…
Telecom Italia receives two new bids for Netco
Telecom Italia (TIM) has announced it has received two new non-binding offers for the acquisition…
CdP teams up with Macquarie for rival TIM infrastructure bid
Telecom Italia (TIM) it has received a non-binding offer from a consortium formed by Cassa…
KKR makes a bid for Telecom Italia
US-based investment company KKR has made a new non-bidding offer to take Telecom Italia (TIM)….
Vivendi’s De Puyfontaine quits TIM board
Vivendi chief executive Arnaud De Puyfontaine has resigned his position as a member of the…
Sky Italia and DAZN forge streaming and TV partnership
Pay TV giant Sky and sports streamer DAZN have signed an agreement in Italy that makes DAZN’s app…
TIM signs new agreement with Open Fiber
Telecom Italia (TIM) has signed a new agreement with fibre operators Open Fiber that allows…
Iliad Telecom reportedly interested in TIM services arm bid
Xavier Niel’s Iliad Telecom is interested in making a bid for the services division of…
Telecom Italia says no to KKR
Telecom Italia (TIM) has, as expected, rejected KKR’s call for it to open its books,…
TIM begins Open Fiber talks with CDP Equity as KKR bid prospect fades
Telecom Italia (TIM) has revealed that it has signed a non-disclosure agreement with CDP Equity…
TIM sets aside €548m for risks associated with DAZN deal
Telecom Italia (TIM) has set aside €548 million to cover contractual risks associated with its…
Italian government wants say on TIM takeover
The Italian government has said that it wants to control TIM’s key strategic assets in…
Telecom Italia delivers live sports over mABR with Broadpeak
Content delivery network (CDN) and video streaming technology provider is working with Telecom Italia (TIM)…
TIM fires profit warning as DAZN football deal underperforms
Telecom Italia (TIM) has downgraded its earnings forecast for the current financial year after its…
Telecom Italia’s FiberCop secures new partner
Telecom italia (TIM Group) fibre infrastructure operator FiberCop has signed an agreement with internet service provider Netoip that will…
TIM reorganises management with technology and strategy chiefs to go
Telecom Italia (TIM) is reorganising its management, with Nicola Grassi, chief technology and operations officer,…
Vivendi ‘open’ to TIM network carve out
Vivendi has indicated that it may be open to the Italian state taking control of…
Telecom Italia rolls out Android TV boxes from Technicolor
Telecom Italia (TIM) is rolling out advanced Android TV set-top boxes from Technicolor to support…
DAZN hit by Serie A problems as Sky, TIM reach agreements on bars
Sports streamer DAZN has begun streaming coverage of Italian Serie A football to the Italian…
TIM profits fall
Telecom Italia (TIM) has seen its Q2 profits fall by 7.4%, the operator has said….
DAZN turns to Mediaset for advertising sales in Italy
Streaming service DAZN has struck a deal with Mediaset’s advertising arm, Digitalia’08 for the latter…
Sky Italia contests DAZN’s Serie A deal
Sky Italia is contesting the award of exclusive Serie A football rights to DAZN, with…
TIM chief pours cold water on potential Mediaset stake in fibre network
Telecom Italia (TIM) CEO Luigi Gubitosi has dampened expectations that Mediaset might take a stake…
Telecom Italia agrees to create single national fibre infrastructure
Telecom Italia’s (TIM) board has approved an agreement with private equity outfit KKR Infrastructure and…