ROME, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Telecom Italia hasproposed buying infrastructure fund F2i's controlling stake inItalian fiber optic network provider Metroweb either in full orin part, the phone group's Chief Executive Marco Patuano said onTuesday.
"We have offered two options: a total purchase (of F2i'sstake) or a partial one. There will be talks soon," he toldjournalists on the sidelines of an event in Rome.
Telecom Italia and the Italian arm of global mobile phonegroup Vodafone have both expressed interest in buyingMetroweb to expand their fixed broadband business. (Reporting by Alberto Sisto, writing by Agnieszka Flak)
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