Telecom Italia's board of directors has mandated CEO Marco Patuano to negotiate the purchase of F2i's stake in Metroweb, says a source familiar with the matter. This was reported by the Reuters agency citing a confidential source and specifying that the mandate was given to Patuano at the last council meeting. Telecom, when asked about it, declined to comment.
Yesterday CEO Marco Patuano said he intends to continue with the sale of the towers in order to invest resources in the broadband network.
At the end of March, some sources told Reuters that Telecom was interested in a stake in Metroweb and that the purchase of a stake was a possibility to activate the partnership with Cassa Depositi e Prestiti to invest in the new generation network (Ngn). staying true to the strategy of avoiding unbundling of the copper network.
UPDATE:
“Metroweb is not for sale. Most likely they are inventions”. This is the clarification that came from Franco Bassanini, president of Cdp and number one of Metroweb Italia, the majority shareholder of Metroweb Milano with approximately 90%.
