Italy's digital future seen at stake in battle for Metroweb

By Danilo Masoni and Stefano Rebaudo MILAN (Reuters) - A small company renting out optical fibre cables in Milan has become the subject of a fierce takeover battle between Telecom Italia and global mobile giant Vodafone, with a national high-speed fibre network seen as the ultimate prize. Both companies have set their sights on buying a controlling stake in Metroweb that infrastructure fund F2i is selling. ...