Open Fiber: Banks key to Italian broadband

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Europe

Sean Keating

Editor

Open Fiber's fibre-optic broadband build-out could be one of Europe's largest infrastructure financings of 2017, if CEO Tommaso Pompei's stated timescale is not too ambitious. What the deal will look like is still being guessed at by bankers - but a €500 million taster is out to market and expected to sign quickly..

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