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INWIT’s Italian tower empire crumbling as TIM pulls out

by Harry Baldock | Mar 31, 2026

TIM follows its rival Fastweb+Vodafone in refusing to renew its contact with Italy’s largest tower company

Poste Italiane signals state return with €10.8bn Telecom Italia bid

by Rob Chambers | Mar 23, 2026

The state-backed move seeks to create a national digital champion by integrating TIM’s services and infrastructure into Poste’s diversified portfolio.

TIM and Fastweb create JV to build 6,000 mobile towers

by Harry Baldock | Mar 19, 2026

TIM and Fastweb + Vodafone have signed a non-binding agreement for the construction and operation of new mobile towers (passive infrastructure) in Italy, with the prospect of creating up to 6,000 new sites.

TIM tests quantum-safe connection between two data centres

by Harry Baldock | Feb 27, 2026

TIM has successfully completed the first test in Italy of quantum-safe communications between Data Centers on an operational network infrastructure, validating the use of quantum key distribution for data stream encryption in a real operating environment.

TIM to offer customers free access to Perplexity Pro

by Harry Baldock | Jul 23, 2025

TIM is the first operator in Italy to offer its fixed and mobile consumer customers one year’s free access to Perplexity Pro, one of the world’s most advanced generative Artificial Intelligence platforms

Sparkle expands its reach in the US with a PoP in San Diego

by Harry Baldock | Jul 3, 2025

Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top global operators, announces the expansion of its network in the United States with the opening of a Point of Presence (PoP) in San Diego, California

Vivendi begins to sell down stake in TIM

by Harry Baldock | Mar 25, 2025

The French investment company said it had reduced its stake in the Italian incumbent operator from 23.8% to 18.4%, as of March 18

Italian postal service grabs equity in TIM with stake swap

by Harry Baldock | Feb 17, 2025

The Italian government has approved a stake swap that will see Poste Italiane take control of the 9.8% stake in TIM currently held by Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP)

Iliad once again eying Italian consolidation with TIM

by Harry Baldock | Feb 7, 2025

Iliad Italia is once again looking for potential tie-ups with Italy’s incumbent operator TIM, according to reports by local Italian news agencies Corriere della Sera and La Stampa.

TIM receives €700m bid for Sparkle

by Georgia Sweeting | Oct 4, 2024

The Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) and Retelit, a subsidiary of the Spanish Asterion Infrastructure Fund, has made €700 offer for Sparkle, Telecom Italia’s subsea cable unit, the company has announced this week

TIM partners with Nokia to expand Brazilian 5G

by Harry Baldock | Aug 20, 2024

Nokia has announced that it has been selected by TIM Brasil (TIM) to expand its 5G radio access network (RAN) coverage across 15 Brazilian states from January 2025.

Swisscom’s Fastweb sells FiberCop stake for €439m

by Georgia Sweeting | Jun 5, 2024

Swisscom has announced that its Italian subsidiary FastWeb has sold its 4.5% share of FiberCop to KKR’s subsidiary Optics BidCo for €439 million.

Telecom Italia looks ahead to new M&A

by Georgia Sweeting | Jun 3, 2024

Telecom Italia (TIM) is open to new business deals once the sale of its fixed-line network NetCo is completed, CEO Pietro Labriola told reporters on a podcast interview for Bloomberg.

KKR preparing to soothe EU regulatory concerns over TIM’s NetCo

by Harry Baldock | May 15, 2024

News A report suggests that the US-investment firm is preparing to file a number of concessions...

Oracle expands Italia footprint via TIM’s Turin data centre

by Harry Baldock | May 3, 2024

This week, cloud giant Oracle has announced a new deal with TIM Enterprise, the B2B unit of Italian incumbent operator Telecom Italia (TIM), to form a cloud region centred around TIM’s data centre in Turin.

Telecom Italia secures €1.5 billion loan before NetCo sale completion

by Georgia Sweeting | Apr 5, 2024

Telecom Italia (TIM) has announced that it has signed a €1.5 billion bridge loan to strengthen its financial position ahead of the sale of its fixed network infrastructure business, NetCo, to KKR and the Italian government for up to €22 billion.

Canadian pension fund to take slice of TIM’s NetCo

by Harry Baldock | Mar 11, 2024

On Friday, the CPP announced that they would be the latest company to invest in the highly prized fixed network assets of Italian incumbent operator TIM.

F2i to invest €1bn in TIM’s NetCo

by Georgia Sweeting | Jan 22, 2024

Italian government-backed infrastructure fund F2i has announced that it will invest €1 billion in Telecom Italia (TIM)’s NetCo, acquiring a 10% stak in the newly spun off business. As a result, the company will join US investment firm KKR and the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance as co-investors.

Italian government gives greenlight to KKR’s purchase of TIM’s NetCo

by Georgia Sweeting | Jan 17, 2024

The Italian government has cleared Telecom Italia (TIM)’s sale of its fixed line network to US investment firm KKR, noting that KKR’s ownership does not contravene the state’s ‘golden power’ rules designed to protect its strategic assets.