Monday, April 2, 2007

UPDATE 1-Foreign bid for T.Italia stokes defence speculation

(Reuters) - MILAN, April 2 - Interest from U.S. phone giant AT&T and Mexico's America Movil in control of Telecom Italia heightened speculation on Monday the Italian government will push local banks to block the foreign bid with a rival offer.

AT&T and American Movil , owned by billionaire Carlos Slim, have offered about 4.5 billion euros , according to Reuters calculations, to buy a third of Olimpia, a holding company and Telecom Italia's top shareholder with around 18 percent of the firm.


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