TIM kicks off government-appeasement project

Telecom Italia has notified Italian regulator, AGCom, that it has officially started the legal separation of its fixed access network.
The new company, which will be known as NetCo, will be 100% controlled by TIM though it will now be in a similar reporting structure as Openreach in the UK. While the profits will flow back into the TIM bank account, the network, business and personnel will theoretically be independent of the TIM business.
“The model will guarantee full equality of treatmen