but not ongoing talk on GVT, TIM Brasil
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BN 03/07 12:42 *TELECOM ITALIA CEO PATUANO ENDS CONF. CALL BFW 03/07 12:35 *TEL ITALIA CEO: NO ONGOING TALKS ON GVT, TIM BRASIL BN 03/07 12:28 *TEL ITALIA CEO: NO ONGOING TALKS ON GVT, TIM BRASIL BN 03/07 12:27 *TEL ITALIA CEO: `NOT OUR PRIORITY' TO COMBINE GVT, TIM BRASIL BN 03/07 12:26 *TELECOM ITALIA CEO SEES POSSIBILITY TO COMBINE GVT, TIM BRASIL
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Telecom Italia CEO Sees Possibility to Combine Tim Brasil, GVT 2014-03-07 12:42:00.254 GMT
By Daniele Lepido and Tommaso Ebhardt March 7 (Bloomberg) -- Telecom Italia SpA CEO Patuano says “no ongoing negotiations” to combine Tim Participacoes SA with Vivendi’s GVT unit. * Marco Patuano says GVT is “very good fixed-line asset and Tim Brasil a very good mobile one”. * Telecom Italia CEO says “not our priority” to combine GVT and Tim Brasil * Telecom Italia comments in conference call with analysts * NOTE: Telecom Italia Scraps Dividend to Save Cash as Losses Mount NSN N229JS6JTSEW <GO>
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To contact the reporters on this story: Daniele Lepido in Milan at +39-02-8064-4266 or dlepido1@bloomberg.net; Tommaso Ebhardt in Milan at +39-02-8064-4231 or tebhardt@bloomberg.net To contact the editors responsible for this story: Kenneth Wong at +49-30-70010-6215 or kwong11@bloomberg.net Dan Liefgreen