Comcast’s SKY, utility A2A eye investment in Italy’s single network: Sources

ROME: Comcast unit SKY, utility A2A and state agency Invitalia are considering investing in an Italian single ultra-fast broadband network, two sources told Reuters, as Rome steps up efforts to close the digital gap with the rest of Europe.

Former phone monopoly Telecom Italia (TIM), partly owned by state lender CDP, has been in talks for months over a merger of its fibre assets with those of smaller rival Open Fiber, controlled by Italian utility Enel and CDP.