Italy’s Finance Ministry, Retelit again withdraw EU filing on Sparkle deal
By Andrew Boyce ( January 23, 2026, 09:24 GMT | Insight) -- Italy’s Ministry of Economy and Finance and telecom company Retelit have again pulled their EU filing on plans to buy Telecom Italia’s undersea cable unit, Sparkle. They withdrew the filing at the European Commission on Thursday, having withdrawn a previous one in December.Italy’s Ministry of Economy and Finance and telecom company Retelit have again pulled their EU filing on plans to buy Telecom Italia’s undersea cable unit, Sparkle....
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