Swisscom AG (SCMN.SW)

Swisscom offers new proposals to win Italy's approval for Vodafone deal

Swisscom offered a second set of remedies to Italy's antitrust authority at the end of October to win approval for a planned deal to combine its Italian arm Fastweb with Vodafone assets in the country, a letter seen by Reuters showed. The Italian antitrust authority (AGCM), whose approval is required to complete the deal, opened in September an in-depth review of Swisscom's 8 billion euro buyout of Vodafone Italia, which would be merged with Fastweb. AGCM said at the time the merger could restrict competition as it would create a dominant player in Italy's fixed-line wholesale service market, as well as in retail services for residential, public administration and corporate customers.