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Dec 27, 2016 (MarketLine Financial Deals Tracker via COMTEX) -- According to Reuters, La Stampa sources reported that Cassa Depositi e Prestiti S.p.A., a joint-stock company that provides financing for [...]

Telecom Italia has said it will be impossible to overhaul its existing back-office systems and that it plans to use an 'overlay' to support the rollout of new software and [...]

Telecom Italia SpA is more likely to consider mergers and acquisitions in Europe than in Brazil, where it plans to invest in boosting network coverage and quality, Chief Executive Officer [...]

Washington, DC, Oct 02, 2014 (MidnightTrader via COMTEX) -- Telecom Italia S.P.A (TI) is not planning to raise capital in a share sale and is currently considering two options for [...]

Telecom Italia S.p.A. is planning to reduce debt and expenses by eliminating an additional 4,000 jobs and selling as much as 3 billion euro in assets. Telecom Italia had already announced 5,000 job cuts in June. The company's debt stands at 35.77 billion euro as of September 30. Article discusses Telecom Italia's debt-to-earnings ratio, planned dividends payout, and planned capital expenditures in 2009.

Telecom Italia S.p.A. reports a 13% third-quarter net profit drop to 630 million euro, and a 1.4% drop in revenue to 7.56 billion euro. The company's third-quarter operating profit margin rose to 41% from 40.8% a year earlier, and its debt fell to 35.77 billion euro from 37.17 billion euro. Telecom Italia expects to meet its full-year revenue targets.

Sovereign fund the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) wants to spend as much as 4 billion euro to acquire a stake in Italian holding company and former state monopoly Telco, controlling shareholder of Telecom Italia S.A. Telco, currently 37 billion euro in debt, has implemented a cost-control program that may lead to as many as 5,000 job cuts. In related news, Telecom Italia is considering the spin-off its fixed-line business in an effort to attract investors.

A consortium led by Spain's Telefonica S.A. is still awaiting approval by Brazilian and Argentinean regulators regarding its agreement to buy a controlling stake in Telecom Italia S.p.A. The $5.78 bil bid was offered back in May 2007.

AT&T Inc. has withdrawn its offer for a 33.3% stake in Olimpia S.A., the holding company of Telecom Italia S.p.A., raising questions regarding the influence the Italian government has exerted in attempting to keep the company under Italian ownership. Implications regarding the role of government in business deals are discussed.

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA has announced it will join other financial institutions to buy Telecom Italia S.p.A., but the Italian bank did not rule out possible partnerships with non-Italian bidders AT&T and America Movil S.A. The Italian government has objected to foreign ownership of Telecom Italia.

France Telecom S.A. and Spain's Telefonica S.A. are both considering making counteroffers for Telecom Italia S.p.A. Bids have already been made by AT&T and its Mexican affiliate America Movil S.A. The Italian government has voiced its preference that ownership of Telecom Italia remain within the country.

Marco Tronchetti Provera, the controlling stakeholder for Telecom Italia S.p.A., plans to sell his share to United States firm AT&T Inc. and Mexican cellular phone operator America Movil SA. The Italian government continues to fight to keep Telecom Italia Italian-owned.

AT&T Inc. and America Movil S.A., its Mexican affiliate, have made offers to obtain a 66.6% stake in Telecom Italia S.p.A.'s holding company, which would increase global industry consolidation. The bids total 2.6 bil euro but face resistance from the Italian government, as it wishes to keep controlling interests within the country.

Italian fixed-line phone carrier Telecom Italia S.p.A. is expected to close a deal with TIM S.p.A. in which it would acquire the 44% of the wireless communications provider that it does not already own. The takeover is being seen as a way for Telecom Italia to find the cash it needs to service its nearly 30 billion euros of debt.

The Italian phone company Telecom Italia S.p.A. said it planned to eliminate 13,000 jobs in its fixed-line operations, 9,000 of them through attrition. It also said its consolidated earnings before […]

Italy's ruling coalition agreed today to limit ownership of soccer pay-television rights, dealing a blow to the News Corporation's plan to broadcast matches of the nation's two top leagues. But […]

(From AFX Europe (Focus)) MILAN (AFX) - Telecom Italia SpA plans to roll out its Alice broadband service in Brazil, the daily La Repubblica said, citing the company's CEO Riccardo [...]

(From AFX UK (Focus)) MILAN (AFX) - Telecom Italia SpA's board is today expected to focus on the separation of its local fixed-line network from the commercial business and drop [...]

(From AFX Europe (Focus)) MILAN (AFX) - Telecom Italia SpA's board is today expected to focus on the separation of its local fixed-line network from the commercial business and drop [...]

(From AFX Europe (Focus)) (updates with more source comments; background) MILAN (AFX) - Telecom Italia SpA's board is today expected to drop plans to proceed with a spin-off of its [...]

(From AP Worldstream) Byline: SUZAN FRASER Italian Premier Romano Prodi insisted on Thursday that he didn't meddle in a restructuring plan at Telecom Italia SpA, saying his government had only [...]

(From AP Worldstream) Byline: BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Telecom Italia SpA workers went on strike Tuesday to protest against plans to reorganize Italy's largest telecommunications company. Thousands of workers blew whistles and [...]

(From CBS Marketwatch (Pulses)) SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Telecom Italia SpA Chairman Marco Tronchetti Provera has resigned, according to media reports Friday. Tronchetti Provera caught investors off guard earlier this [...]

The Italian Government said yesterday that it would sell its remaining stake in Stet S.p.A., the telecommunications company, next February or March, after selling or spinning off its telephone equipment […]

MANews-(C)2009-2013 10 December 2013 - Italian telecom operator Telecom Italia SpA (BIT:TIT) is not mulling over a potential break-up of its Brazilian unit TIM Participacoes SA (BVMF:TIMP3), the group's CEO, [...]

M2 EQUITYBITES-December 10, 2013-Telecom Italia says does not study plan to split TIM Participacoes (C)2013 M2 COMMUNICATIONS http://www.m2.com 10 December 2013 - Italian telecom operator Telecom Italia SpA (BIT:TIT) is [...]

MANews-(C)2009-2013 12 November 2013 - Telecom Italia SpA (BIT:TIT) said that its board of directors had confirmed its authorisation for the management to finalise the planned sale of the Italian [...]

M2 EQUITYBITES-November 12, 2013-Telecom Italia confirms plan to finalise Telecom Argentina sale(C)2013 M2 COMMUNICATIONS http://www.m2.com 12 November 2013 - Telecom Italia SpA (BIT:TIT) said that its board of directors had [...]

MANews-(C)2009-2013 30 May 2013 - Telecom Italia SpA's (BIT:TIT) board is seen to give the green light to a plan to separate the company's fixed-line network at its meeting on [...]

M2 EQUITYBITES-May 30, 2013-Telecom Italia board said to support network spin-off plan(C)2013 M2 COMMUNICATIONS http://www.m2.com 30 May 2013 - Telecom Italia SpA's (BIT:TIT) board is seen to give the green [...]

MANews-(C)2009-2013 9 May 2013 - Telecom Italia SpA (BIT:TIT) may sell a stake in its fixed-line network but it will definitely keep the majority of it, the Italian telecoms group's [...]

M2 EQUITYBITES-May 9, 2013-Telecom Italia plans to preserve majority of fixed-line network(C)2013 M2 COMMUNICATIONS http://www.m2.com 9 May 2013 - Telecom Italia SpA (BIT:TIT) may sell a stake in its fixed-line [...]

Telecom Italia S.p.A.'s terms for merging with Olivetti S.p.A. could lead to a revolt by the former's investors. The merger's critics assert that any fight over the merger will have an impact on how foreign investors perceive Italy's ability to protect the rights of minority stockholders.

TELECOMWORLDWIRE-24 October 2006-Telecom Italia introduces Super SMS and removes top-up charges(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Plans to introduce a messaging service which runs on personal computers and mobile phones have […]

Italian telecoms operator Telecom Italia is looking at industrial opportunities abroad but is not in talks with any operators, company boss Marco Tronchetti Provera said on October 20. 'We confirm […]

EUROPEMEDIA-(C)2002 Van Dusseldorp & Partners - http://www.vandusseldorp.com/ Marco Tronchetti Provera, the chairman of Telecom Italia, gave the troubled telecoms technology sector some food for thought yesterday, when he said that […]

* Israel's anti-trust authority has extended the deadline for submitting reactions to the proposed merger of the cable companies Golden Channels, Matav and Tevel following requests from the incumbent telco [...]

Telecom Italia and Seat Pagine Gialle reaffirmed their determination on 18 January to pursue their proposal to integrate Telemontecarlo and build a new television and multimedia pole in Italy, in […]