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Antitrust clears Poste Italiane's Telecom Italia stake purchase, say sources
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on July 31, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on July 31, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
Poste Italiane has gained unconditional approval from Italy's antitrust authority to acquire an additional 15% stake in Telecom Italia, making it the largest shareholder.
MILAN (Reuters) -Italy's antitrust authority has given unconditional approval to Poste Italiane's acquisition of an additional 15% stake in Telecom Italia (TIM) from France's Vivendi, two sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
The deal makes Poste Italiane the single largest shareholder in TIM with a 24.8% stake.
The Italian competition watchdog, TIM and Poste Italiane all declined to comment.
State-backed Poste, which has expanded beyond its core mail and parcel business to offer financial, energy, payment and broadband services, notified the transaction to the Italian competition authority in May.
The authority concluded its review of the deal without imposing any specific conditions on the parties involved, the sources said.
(Reporting by Elvira Pollina, editing by Giselda Vagnoni)
Poste Italiane now holds a 24.8% stake in Telecom Italia, making it the single largest shareholder.
The Italian antitrust authority approved the acquisition without imposing any specific conditions on the parties involved.
Poste Italiane acquired the additional 15% stake in Telecom Italia from France's Vivendi.
Poste Italiane has expanded beyond its core mail and parcel business to offer financial, energy, payment, and broadband services.
Both Poste Italiane and Telecom Italia declined to comment on the acquisition.
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