Telecom Italia to include own fibre assets in broadband network bid
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MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's biggest phone group Telecom Italia (TIM) is asking infrastructure funds to come up with bids next week for the assets of smaller broadband rival Open Fibre that will include its own last-mile network, sources said.The former monopoly is pressing ahead with plans to find one or more funds to help it buy out Open Fibre and create a national champion that can roll out a single broadband network to avoid duplicating investments.Open Fibre, a wholesale-only fast broadband..