Italy to spend €1.5 billion helping telcos

The Italian government is working on what is effectively an aid plan worth more than €1.5 billion to help national telecoms operators, it emerged this week.
A draft decree outlines the details of the plan, which mainly seems to involve giving telecoms operators tax breaks over the next few years, with some cash also going towards the upgrade of copper networks to fibre and early retirement funds, Reuters reported, having had sight of the draft document.
The whole thing appears to be careful