ROME, Nov 15 (Reuters) - A merger of telephone networks in
Italy is something that can be considered as long as control
does not end up with Telecom Italia (TIM), the head of
Vodafone's Italian operations said on Friday.
"By way of alternative to infrastructure competition, a
merger of networks could be taken into consideration providing
governance control is not actually in the hands of TIM," Aldo
Bisio said at a conference.
TIM is pressing ahead with plans to find investors to help
it fund a tie-up with smaller broadband rival Open Fiber to
create a single national fiber network player.
(Reporting by Andrea Ciociola, editing by Stephen Jewkes)