Telecom Italia owned 81% of TIM (short for Telecom Italia Mobile) Hellas at the time.

FORBES: Magazine Article

With Telecom Italia, Vicunha has won a mobile-phone licence for Bahia in Brazil's north-east.

ECONOMIST: The iron chancellor

First, there's the wireless Internet access with Telecom Italia, which has 3 million mobile phone customers in Brazil.

FORBES: Brazil's TV Titans

The relatively unknown Bharti snatched the prized mobile license for Delhi, then reeled in Telecom Italia and British Telecom as partners (they later sold out from Bharti).

FORBES: Magazine Article

Apart from its debt and some operational problems at its Italian mobile business that should not be too hard to iron out, Telecom Italia is in reasonable shape.

ECONOMIST: Italy��s biggest telecoms firm faces an uncertain future